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   Bilk

   /bilk/

   

   verb

   • 1. obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud: informal "an apparently benevolent elderly gentleman bilked me of twenty dollars"
   • ▪ obtain (money) fraudulently: "some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers"
   • 2. evade; elude: archaic "I ducked into the pantry, bilking Edward for the third time this week"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score’): perhaps a variant of balk.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bilker noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • B

     3

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • K

     5

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