milk

verb

Definition of milknext
as in to use
to take unfair advantage of unscrupulous people trying to milk the welfare system for all it's worth

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Recent Examples of milk Plant milks with lower protein content have a smaller impact on tea’s antioxidants than cow’s milk. — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Aug. 2026 If so, why did the club get milked for nigh-on £10million to buy Jaissle out of his Al Ahli contract? — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The Milwaukee County Zoo is one of the only zoos in the country that keeps and milks dairy cows. — Joey Schamber, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2026 By trying to milk even more money from their customers, of course. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for milk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk
  1. use
  2. exploit
  3. abuse
  4. leverage
  5. manipulate
  6. pimp
  7. walk on
Verb
  • Operators can also continue using diesel when hydrogen supplies are unavailable.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Razorbill brings that experience to one of the industry's most recognizable blade profiles, using extensive CNC machining to make geometry itself part of both the product's performance and its appearance.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of use
Verb
  • Under Moreno, the Angels squandered the prime of Mike Trout and failed to exploit the Black Swan event that was Ohtani.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This means Astra can find and exploit previously unknown security flaws without human oversight, under the right conditions.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of exploit
Verb
  • The scandal led to Paterno’s firing, and the university paid more than $100 million to people who said they were abused by Sandusky.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Some critics report being verbally abused, doxxed, and even threatened with rape and death by BJP supporters.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of abuse
Verb
  • Previously, the Eagles built one of the NFL’s most potent passing games around a philosophy that leveraged the otherworldly pairing of Brown and Smith.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • And Chloe Wise has capitalized on the broader public’s appetite for realism by leveraging her Instagram audience to build a side career as a fashion-circuit fixture.
    — David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of leverage
Verb
  • Last Wednesday, Meta reached a settlement with the attorneys general of forty-seven states, who had sued it for illegally manipulating the attention of children.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The finding could matter for quantum computers, where lasers are used to manipulate qubits and even tiny changes in their interactions can affect the accuracy of quantum operations.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of manipulate
Verb
  • Robinson was originally convicted of one felony count of human trafficking and one felony count of pimping in November 2023 for allegedly trafficking a 22-year-old woman against her will, prosecutors said.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Lake recalled Manson allegedly pimping her and the other women and girls in his cult to other adult men and brutally sodomizing her.
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of pimp
Verb
  • Over time, walking on uneven surfaces can improve your balance, which helps build confidence on steeper ground.
    — Alisa Hrustic, Health, 19 June 2026
  • There are a few more tricky doglegs, and the par 3’s – at least most of them – are no walk on the beach.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
Definition of walk on

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“Milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milk. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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