bilk
verb (used with object)
to defraud; cheat.
had been bilking
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past perfect progressiveof bilk.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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This apparently generous action convinced the Iranians that the British had been bilking them for years under the old rates.
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