bilker

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bilk

[bilk]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to defraud; cheat: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.

2.	to evade payment of (a debt).

3.	to frustrate: a career bilked by poor health.

4.	to escape from; elude: to bilk one's pursuers.

–noun

5.	a cheat; swindler.

6.	a trick; fraud; deceit.

Origin:
1625–35; of obscure orig.

Related forms:

bilker, noun

Synonyms:
1. swindle, trick, dupe, fleece, rook.

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bilk (bĭlk)

tr.v. bilked, bilk·ing, bilks

1. To defraud, cheat, or swindle: made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.
2. To evade payment of: bilk one's debts.
To thwart or frustrate: "Fate . . . may be to a certain extent bilked" (Thomas Carlyle).
To elude.

[Perhaps alteration of balk.]
bilk'er n.

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