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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bilk
    v 1: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
    2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
       ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
       September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
       queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate,
       baffle, bilk]
    3: evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors"
    4: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the
       police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event
       evades explanation" [syn: elude, evade, bilk]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bilked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Bilking.] [Origin unknown. Cf. Balk.]
   To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
   nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give
   the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bilk \Bilk\, n.
   1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his
      score; a balk.
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   2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. --Hudibras.
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   3. Nonsense; vain words. --B. Jonson.
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   4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky
      person. --Marryat.
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Thesaurus Results for bilk:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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