bilk
verb (used with object)
to defraud; cheat.
have bilked
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present perfectof bilk.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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Maryland State Police said Wednesday that perpetrators have bilked victims out of thousands of dollars recently by telling worried grandparents that their grandchildren need bail money.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
Since 1960 when the light was replaced, Ludowici's speed traps have bilked motorists of a rumored $100,000 annually.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presumably that was just the time that Promoter Rice did his best selling, for he is estimated to have bilked the public of nearly $25,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ha!" he exclaimed, "I have bilked you yet.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by John Mackay Wilson
You and the old man have bilked us out of what we spent on the mine.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
