Bilk - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|bɪlk|
Brit.
|bɪlk|
verb
- cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (syn: baffle, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart)
- evade payment to
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (syn: baffle, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart)
- evade payment to
He bilked his creditors
- escape, either physically or mentally (syn: elude, evade)Extra examples
...an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made...
...people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the “owner” just a bilk...
Consumers were bilked out of more than $15,000.
He bilked his creditors
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: bilk
he/she/it: bilks
present participle: bilking
past tense: bilked
past participle: bilked
I/you/we/they: bilk
he/she/it: bilks
present participle: bilking
past tense: bilked
past participle: bilked
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