Synonyms of bilk

bilk 1 of 2

noun

as in cheat

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the "owner" just a bilk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• dodger
• shark
• swindler
• defrauder
• phony
• chiseler
• sharper
• scammer
• fraudster
• bilker
• scamster
• cheater
• skinner
• confidence man
• ringer
• trickster
• chiseller
• cozener
• sham
• sharpie
• sharpy
• phoney
• fake
• sneak
• hoaxer
• fox
• fakir
• adventurer
• quack
• finagler
• tricker
• imposter
• charlatan
• mountebank
• pretender
• impostor
• rogue
• faker
• knave
• smoothie
• sneaker
• schemer
• slicker
• double-dealer
• double-crosser
• rascal
• humbug
• slickster
• gamesman
• cardsharp
• prankster
• plotter
• bluffer
• slick
• quacksalver
• blackleg
• wheeler-dealer
• fast-talker
• slyboots
• cardsharper
• smoothy

bilk

2 of 2

verb

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• squeeze
• pluck
• hustle
• sting
• defraud
• screw
• deceive
• swindle
• beat
• stick
• victimize
• mulct
• shortchange
• bleed
• do
• flimflam
• fleece
• diddle
• exploit
• cozen
• con
• trick
• sucker
• chouse
• ream
• nobble
• shake down
• stiff
• chisel
• euchre
• extort
• fiddle
• skin
• betray
• fool
• rip off
• rook
• short
• hose
• gaff
• do in
• skunk
• take to the cleaners
• thimblerig
• take for a ride
• gouge
• wring
• wrench
• overcharge
• sell a bill of goods to
• wrest
• dupe
• soak
• milk
• clip
• nick
• bamboozle
• gull
• rope (in)
• double-cross
• bitch
• fast-talk

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