bilk
verb (used with object)
to defraud; cheat.
is bilking
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present progressiveof bilk (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If an airline is bilking you out of a refund, you can’t go to your state attorney general and expect help from the consumer protection office.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2021
But when frequent changes of address make it too plain that the C.Y.A. is bilking his landlady, and the change of locality is from humble to worse—well, it discreetly draws the curtain.
From The Awful Australian by Valerie Desmond
