verb
- to cheat or defraud someone, especially by avoiding payment or escaping without paying
Examples
- The contractor bilked several homeowners out of thousands of dollars.
- He tried to bilk the restaurant by leaving without paying his bill.
- The scam artist bilked elderly victims of their life savings.
- She was arrested for bilking insurance companies with false claims.
- The company bilked investors through fraudulent accounting practices.
- Don’t let anyone bilk you into paying for unnecessary repairs.