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Webster 1913 Edition
Bilk
Bilk
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bilked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bilking
.] [Origin unknown. Cf.
Balk
.] 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 creditorThackeray.
Bilk
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bilk
BILK
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
bilk
bilk
English
Noun
bilk (plural bilks)
Verb
bilk (third-person singular simple present bilks, present participle bilking, simple past and past participle bilked)
- (transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
- (transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 615:
- They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders.
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 615:
Translations
defraud, cheat
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