Meaning & use
Bilked
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Cheated or defrauded someone out of money owed, especially by evading payment.
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Investigators found the contractor had bilked dozens of homeowners with fake repair estimates.
She felt bilked after paying for a service that was never delivered.
A note on using this word
"Bilked" is the past tense of "bilk," a word whose origins trace to cribbage scoring but which now applies broadly to financial deception.
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reimbursedrepaid
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