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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

He discovers that Jody Leeds, his trainer, and Bookmaker Ganser Mays have bilked him out of �35,000.

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

Since 1960 when the light was replaced, Ludowici's speed traps have bilked motorists of a rumored $100,000 annually.

From Time Magazine Archive

You and the old man have bilked us out of what we spent on the mine.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis