bilk
verb
[ bɪlk ]
• obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud.
• "an apparently benevolent elderly gentleman bilked me of twenty dollars"
Similar:
swindle,
defraud,
cheat,
fleece,
exploit,
deceive,
trick,
con,
bamboozle,
do,
diddle,
sting,
rip off,
screw,
shaft,
take for a ride,
take to the cleaners,
pull a fast one on,
put one over on,
sell someone a pup,
gull,
rook,
finagle,
clip,
gyp,
skin,
swizzle,
stiff,
euchre,
bunco,
hornswoggle,
sucker,
snooker,
pull a swifty on,
cozen,
sharp,
mulct,
do someone in the eye,
• evade; elude.
Origin:
mid 17th century (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score’): perhaps a variant of balk.
