English-Thai Dictionary

bilk

VT ฉ้อโกง  โกง  หลีกหนี  ฉ้อโกง  ฉ้อฉล  cheat chor-kong

 

bilk out of

PHRV ฉ้อโกง (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  โกง  chor-kong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BILK

v.t.To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by non-fulfillment of engagement; as, to bilk a creditor.

 

BILKED

pp. Disappointed; deceived; defrauded.

 

BILKING

ppr. Frustrating; defrauding.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BILK

Bilk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bilked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bilking. ] Etym: [Origin unknown. Cf. Balk. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

BILK

BILK Bilk, n.

 

1. A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

 

2. A cheat; a trick; a hoax. Hudibras.

 

3. Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.

 

4. A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. Marryat.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bilk

bilk |bilk bɪlk | informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 obtain or withhold money from (someone ) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud: government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars. • obtain (money ) fraudulently: some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers. 2 archaic evade; elude: I ducked into the pantry, bilking Edward for the third time this week. DERIVATIVES bilk er noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score ’): perhaps a variant of balk .

 

Oxford Dictionary

bilk

bilk |bɪlk | informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 obtain or withhold money from (someone ) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud: government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars. • obtain (money ) fraudulently: some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers. 2 archaic evade; elude. DERIVATIVES bilker noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score ’): perhaps a variant of baulk .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bilk

bilk verb informal See swindle (verb ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bilk

bilk verb informal thousands of investors claimed they had been bilked by his schemes. See cheat (sense 1 of the verb ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bilk

bilk /bɪlk /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟主に米 くだけて ｠【金銭などを 】〈人 〉からだまし取る , 【借金を 】〈人 〉から踏み倒す (cheat ) «out of » .2 ｟古 ｠…を (巧みに )逃れる, 免れる .名詞 C ペテン師, 詐欺師 ; 詐欺 (行為 ), いかさま .