Synonyms of 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheating
• squeezing
• hustling
• plucking
• defrauding
• stinging
• screwing
• doing
• swindling
• fleecing
• beating
• sticking
• conning
• deceiving
• victimizing
• shortchanging
• mulcting
• tricking
• bleeding
• suckering
• exploiting
• stiffing
• rooking
• diddling
• reaming
• shorting
• fiddling
• chiseling
• fooling
• cozening
• betraying
• extorting
• gaffing
• hosing
• shaking down
• skinning
• nobbling
• ripping off
• flimflamming
• euchring
• thimblerigging
• doing in
• chiselling
• overcharging
• gouging
• chousing
• duping
• taking to the cleaners
• milking
• wrenching
• taking for a ride
• selling a bill of goods to
• skunking
• gulling
• wringing
• soaking
• clipping
• nicking
• wresting
• bamboozling
• bitching
• double-crossing
• fast-talking
• roping (in)