bilk
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Is bilk a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of bilk?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
2. (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.obsolete
3. (obsolete) A cheat or swindler.obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.transitive
2. (transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).Examples: "They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders."; "Mr. Gallagher, who went by the nickname Doc, pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 to several charges connected to what prosecutors described as a Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly 10 years and bilked older people of their retirement savings."Synonyms: abuse, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, overreachtransitive
3. (intransitive, UK) To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.UKintransitive
4. (transitive, archaic) To evade, elude.archaictransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary