Thesaurus results for BILKING

bilking

verb

present participle of bilk

as in cheating

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

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Recent Examples of bilking He's been known in recent months for leading a series of fraud prosecutions that ensnared over 90 defendants accused of bilking Minnesota's public assistance programs. —

Joe Walsh, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026 Yassin and Stevens are the first drivers to face any criminal repercussions for allegedly bilking the program. —

Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2026 Former Jackson Health Foundation COO Charmaine Gatlin pled guilty to bilking millions in charity funds. —

Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025 Holmes was convicted in 2022 of four counts of felony fraud for bilking investors in her now-defunct Palo Alto blood-testing startup out of hundreds of millions of dollars via false claims about the technology. —

Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025 After investigating, the agency arrested eight people for rigging the game by controlling the distribution of the high prize pieces into circulation, bilking more than $20 million from the fast food chain. —

Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

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Billionaire Ronald Burkle is suing political power-broker Darius Anderson, accusing his former protégé and friend of cheating him out of millions of dollars.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
An Arsenal throw-in on their right-hand side, in the 14th minute, prompts chants of ‘Same old Arsenal, always cheating’ as the clock ticks away.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026