Synonyms of milk

milk

verb

as in to use

to take unfair advantage of

unscrupulous people trying to milk the welfare system for all it's worth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• use
• exploit
• abuse
• leverage
• manipulate
• pimp
• walk on
• cash in (on)
• play (on or upon)
• impose (on or upon)
• trade on
• capitalize (on)
• work
• skin
• cheat
• fleece
• stick
• soak
• mistreat
• bleed
• jerk around
• overcharge
• commercialize
• commodify

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of milk

The onset of his dementia arrives slowly but surely (as these things tend to do), and Leigh is too sly a filmmaker to milk it. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Toad facilitators now regularly milk the toad’s glands and dry the extract so it can be smoked, generating potent trips that are said to collapse the ego. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026

During the show, he was filmed skiing to the South Pole, catching a giant anaconda, milking a venomous tarantula and diving under the ice of the North Pole. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026

Over the weekend, a supremely happy-seeming Dudamel, before heading to the New York Philharmonic in a couple weeks, milked the thanks in a back-to-the-Bowl, four-night blowout. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026