bilk
verb (used with object)
to defraud; cheat.
bilks
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present tense formof bilk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She soon falls prey to a shady scheme that bilks her out of a large sum of money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
Attempting to escape her, Sally encounters another nightmare creature, who bilks her of much of her small stash of money with a sob story that’s clearly bogus.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017
Who is it will not dare himself to trust?Who is it hath not strength to stand alone?Who is it thwarts and bilks the inward MUST?He and his works, like sand from earth are blown.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké
"That bilks Mr. Barrett!" he said; and the baffling of Barrett continued to afford him mirth for an hour.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
Johnny Wilkes, Johnny Wilkes, Thou greatest of bilks, How changed are the notes you now sing!
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
