bilked
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/bilk/,
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bilked, past tense; bilks, 3rd person singular present; bilked, past participle; bilking, present participle;
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Obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud
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government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars
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Obtain (money) fraudulently
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some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers
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Evade; elude
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I ducked into the pantry, bilking Edward for the third time this week