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bilk
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- pronunciation:
- bIlk
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
bilks, bilking, bilked |
| definition 1: |
to defraud or swindle, esp. by avoiding due or promised payment.
He had bilked his creditors for some time, but now they were beginning to take action against him.The swindlers made away with the customers' gold jewelry and bilked them of the cash that should have been theirs.- synonyms:
- burn, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, fleece, gull, gyp, rook, swindle, trick, victimize
- similar words:
- bamboozle, diddle, dope, exploit, gaff, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, milk, mulct, rip off, skin
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| definition 2: |
to frustrate or thwart.
Her hopes were bilked by misfortune.- synonyms:
- balk, frustrate, hinder, thwart
- similar words:
- cross, defeat, foil, impede, obstruct, oppose
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| related words: |
betray, clip, gyp, rob, stiff, swindle, thwart, trick |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who cheats or swindles.
- synonyms:
- cheat, con man, confidence man, flimflammer, fraud, shark, swindler
- similar words:
- bandit, crook, sharper, sharpie, trickster
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| related words: |
gyp |
| derivation: |
bilker (n.) |
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