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Synonyms of bilk
(Entry 1 of 2)
- people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the "owner" just a bilk
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verbSynonyms of bilk (Entry 2 of 2)
- an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made
Synonyms for bilk
- beat,
- bleed,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- con,
- cozen,
- defraud,
- diddle,
- do,
- do in,
- euchre,
- fiddle,
- fleece,
- flimflam,
- gaff,
- hose
- [slang],
- hustle,
- mulct,
- nobble
- [British slang],
- pluck,
- ream,
- rip off,
- rook,
- screw,
- shake down,
- short,
- shortchange,
- skin,
- skunk,
- squeeze,
- stick,
- stiff,
- sting,
- sucker,
- swindle,
- thimblerig,
- victimize
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The first known use of bilk was in 1641
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