bilk

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. Source: opted

2. n. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk. Source: opted

3. n. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Source: opted

4. n. Nonsense; vain words. Source: opted

5. n. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Source: opted

6. v. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money Source: wordnet

7. v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of Source: wordnet

8. v. evade payment to Source: wordnet

9. v. escape, either physically or mentally Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

12. v:100 v. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money v. evade payment to Source: ecdict

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