bilk
verb (used with object)
to defraud; cheat.
are bilking
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present progressiveof bilk.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Lawmakers wondered whether employees are bilking the government by claiming a 32% enhanced pay rate for jobs listed as working in the District, even though they are working remotely.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
According to Reuters, similar schemes are bilking hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2011
Con men are bilking the elderly out of $40 billion a year, by one FBI estimate.
From Time Magazine Archive
