Meaning & use
Bilks
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Cheats or defrauds someone, especially by evading payment owed to them.
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The scam artist routinely bilks elderly investors out of their savings.
He bilks the cab driver by slipping out without paying the fare.
A note on using this word
"Bilk" likely originated as a cribbage term meaning to spoil an opponent's score, later broadening to mean cheating someone out of money owed.
Words with a similar meaning
cheatsswindlesdefrauds
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Words with an opposite meaning
repaysreimburses
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