bilk
verb (used with object)
to defraud; cheat.
has bilked
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present perfectof bilk (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Attorney General Kris Mayes and Gov. Katie Hobbs in May announced a massive investigation into billing fraud that state officials say has bilked Arizona out of hundreds of millions of Medicaid dollars.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Then there is Mr. Whitaker’s connection to a defunct patent promotion company the Federal Trade Commission called “an invention-promotion scam that has bilked thousands of consumers out of millions of dollars.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2018
Yet he doesn’t seem to mind if they know he has bilked them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2017
But I fear he has bilked me over the address.
From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison
