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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bilk v 1: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money 2: to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge." [syn: {thwart}, {queer}, {spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross}, {frustrate}, {baffle}] 3: evade payment to "He bilked his creditors" 4: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to elude me" [syn: {elude}, {evade}]
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