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