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bilk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bilk

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 of bilk

bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, finagler, hoaxer, scammer, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster
Words Related to bilk

double-crosser, double-dealer

bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, ringer, sham

adventurer, fox, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue

slicker, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer

plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker

bilk

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bilk

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 of bilk

beat, bleed, cheat, chisel, con, cozen, defraud, do, do in, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hustle, mulct, pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, swindle, victimize
Words Related to bilk

extort, wrench, wrest, wring

clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak

exploit, milk

deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick

rope (in)

betray, double-cross

bamboozle, fast-talk
Phrases Synonymous with bilk

sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners

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