bilk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bilk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bilk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bilk v cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk evade payment to; "He bilked his creditors" escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" Synonym(s): elude, evade, bilk
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.