verb
- to cheat or defraud someone, especially by avoiding payment or escaping without paying
Usage: past tense of ‘bilk’
Examples
- The contractor bilked several homeowners out of thousands of dollars.
- She bilked the restaurant by leaving without paying her bill.
- The company bilked investors through false financial statements.
- He bilked his business partners and disappeared with the money.
- The scammer bilked elderly victims out of their life savings.
- They bilked the insurance company by filing fake claims.