bilk
[verb]
Synonyms: frustrate, baffle, balk, beat, circumvent, dash, disappoint, foil, ruin, thwart, cheat, chouse, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, flimflam, gyp, overreach, escape, avoid, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shun, shy

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Contrasted words: fulfill
Related Words: dodge, shake

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bilk /bɪlk/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Perhaps from balk]
informal to cheat someone, especially by taking their money Synonym : swindle
bilk somebody out of something
Consumers were bilked out of more than $15,000.

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