Thesaurus: bilk

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1. v. t. To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.
2. n. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
3. n. A cheat; a trick; a hoax.
4. n. Nonsense; vain words.
5. n. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person.
6. v. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
7. v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
8. v. evade payment to
9. v. escape, either physically or mentally
10. To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray. 1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. 2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras. 3. Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson. 4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.
11. To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, bynonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slipto; as, to bilk a creditor. Thackeray.
12. v:100 v. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money v. evade payment to