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Synonyms
bilk (bĭlk)

[Perhaps alteration of balk.]

transitive verb: bilked, bilk·ing, bilks. 

    1. To defraud, cheat, or swindle: made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.
    2. To evade payment of: bilk one's debts.
  2. To thwart or frustrate: “Fate . . . may be to a certain extent bilked” (Thomas Carlyle)
  3. To elude.

noun 

  1. One who cheats.
  2. Obsolete A hoax or swindle.

derivatives

bilḱer
noun