Bilk

[bɪlk]

Definition

(verb.) evade payment to; 'He bilked his creditors'.

(verb.) cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money.

Typist: Pierce--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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 creditor.

(n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

(n.) A cheat; a trick; a hoax.

(n.) Nonsense; vain words.

(n.) A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person.

Typed by Julie

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Deceive (by not fulfilling an engagement), disappoint, elude.

Typist: Phil

Definition

v.t. to elude; to cheat.

Checker: Marty