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    [bilk]
    verb
    bilk (verb) · bilks (third person present) · bilked (past tense) · bilked (past participle) · bilking (present participle)
    1. informal
      obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud:
      "an apparently benevolent elderly gentleman bilked me of twenty dollars"
      • obtain (money) fraudulently:
        "some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers"
    2. archaic
      evade; elude:
      "I ducked into the pantry, bilking Edward for the third time this week"
    Origin
    mid 17th century (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score’): perhaps a variant of balk.
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    1. obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud:
      swindle
      defraud
      deceive
      trick
      dupe
      hoodwink
      double-cross
      gull
      shortchange
      exploit
      take advantage of
      victimize
      do
      diddle
      rip off
      con
      bamboozle
      rob
      fleece
      shaft
      sting
      have
      rook
      finagle
      flimflam
      put one over on
      pull the wool over someone's eyes
      sucker
      snooker
      goldbrick
      gouge
      stiff
      rush
      cozen
      chicane
      sell
      illude
      mulct
      pull a fast one on
      take for a ride
      lead up the garden path
      sell down the river
      give someone a bum steer
      pull a swifty on
      • evade; elude:
        evade
        avoid
        dodge
        flee
        lose
        duck
        shake off
        slip through the net
        circumvent
        get away from
        escape (from)
        run (away) from
        give the slip to
        slip away from
        throw off the scent
        slip through someone's fingers
        Opposite:
        be caught by
       

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      What does the word 'bilked' mean?
      The word 'bilked' means to swindle or cheat. It also means to escape or flee leaving unpaid debts, or to elude. For example: 'The investors were bilked out of millions by crooked management.' or 'Nate bilked the bank by his failure to make payments.'.

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      What does Bilk mean in a card game?
      Strategically, then, it's wisest for the dealer's opponents to discard the cards most likely to "balk," or put a check on, the dealer's score (or in other words, the ones least likely to contribute to point-making combinations). Etymologists theorize that bilk may have originated as an alteration of that card-game balk.

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      The earliest known use of the verb bilk is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for bilk is from 1647, in the writing of John Cleveland, poet. It is also recorded as a noun from the mid 1600s. bilk is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: bilk n.

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      What does it mean to bilk someone out of money?
      To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it. They are charged with bilking investors out of millions of dollars. [V n + out of] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 3. 5. 6. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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    3. transitive verb 1 : to block the free development of : frustrate fate bilks their hopes 2 a : to cheat out of something valuable : defraud

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