bilking

present participle of bilk

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bilking Sophisticated online fraud schemes, operating from industrial-scale scam centers in Southeast Asia, are bilking Americans out of billions of dollars each year. Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026 Through letters, Ulisses charms lonely women, bilking them of money and possessions. Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 Elsaid is accused of bilking the medical assistance program out of over $182,000, while Agwa is accused of swindling over $94,000 from the program. Riley Moser, CBS News, 23 June 2026 In 2019, a couple was charged with embezzlement and exploiting the elderly for bilking buyers in six Western North Carolina counties out of millions of dollars for log homes. Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026 Murdaugh, 57, will remain in prison, however, after being sentenced on dozens of state and federal charges for bilking millions from his former law firm and clients for more than a decade. Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 14 May 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bilking
Verb
  • Written and rendered by dudes who longed for unlimited success, these are songs about cheating and being cheated on and trying but failing to be content, or love as lived amid capitalist indulgence.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In this case, the reward was solving the ExploitGym questions and the hacking was literally hacking—cheating on the test and then hacking into Hugging Face in an effort to cover up the cheating (more on that below).
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries are squeezing diesel supplies.
    Jeffrey Collins, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The antitrust balloon-squeezing phenomenon is well documented.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Besides Instagram hustling and scouring job boards, entrepreneurial editors find gigs when creators call out for help.
    Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Devers, who finished with three hits, eschewed his power for small ball in the fifth, laying down a surprise bunt for a single, then hustling home on Susac’s sacrifice fly.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Fortunately, many dahlia insect problems in September can be solved by walking through the garden in the morning and plucking the offending insects off the plants by hand, then dropping them into a container of soapy water.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Weiss has been reworking CBS News’ broadcast lineup, plucking Tony Dokoupil from the program for the Evening News slot, and most recently overhauling 60 Minutes under new executive producer Nick Bilton.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some baby hummingbirds disguise themselves as caterpillars with stinging hairs to avoid predators, while octopus, squid, and cuttlefish use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings and hide.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
  • How to prevent wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets Proactive maintenance can keep stinging insects from setting up home on your property.
    Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The screwworm gets its name from the maggots’ habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
    Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a storyline in season two about AI being employed at the hospital, then screwing everything up when the system goes down.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in jail in 2022 for defrauding investors through her Theranos health startup.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • She was found not guilty on four other counts related to defrauding patients and the jury was deadlocked on the remaining three counts related to deceiving investors.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Data from the firm shows that, from 1991 through 2025, firms trading at more than 20 times earnings have a mixed track record at delivering inflation-beating returns over the subsequent 10 years.
    Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • And amazingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, Zverev has been able to collect those two trophies without beating either Alcaraz or Sinner all year.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Bilking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bilking. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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