bilk
bilk
- v cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
- v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- v evade payment to
He bilked his creditors - v escape, either physically or mentally
- In aggregate, are we trying to rescue the uninsured or bilk them? Is reform something we are doing for them or to them? The reformers' speed belies their words as well.
- Hal and millions of other Americans have made it a normal practice to bilk large sums of money out of Uncle Sam at tax time.
- She has also helped set up an antifraud team to crack down on "419" letter and Internet advance-fee scams, which bilk everyone from unsuspecting pensioners to large banks by .