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Definition of bilk verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bilk

verb

NAmE//bɪlk//

(informal) bilk somebody (out of something) bilk something (from somebody)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bilk

he / she / it bilks

past simple bilked

-ing form bilking

to cheat someone, especially by taking money from them a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars

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