1) Bamboozle 2) Cheat 3) Cheat out of money 4) Chisel 5) Cozen 6) Defraud 7) Evade payment to 8) Fleece 9) Flimflam 10) Hinder or prevent of 11) Pull a fast one on 12) Put one over on 13) Rip off 14) Rook 15) Sting 16) Swindle 17) Take to the cleaners 18) To defraud 19) To escape from 20) To evade, elude Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/bilk
• (n.) Nonsense; vain words. • (v. t.) 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. • (n.) A cheat; a trick; a hoax. • (n.) A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person. • (n.) A thwarting an adversa... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/bilk/
Bilk noun 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/51
Bilk transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bilked ; present participle & verbal noun Bilking .] [ Origin unknown. Confer Balk .] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/51
to defraud; cheat: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars. · to evade payment of (a debt). · to frustrate: a career bilked by poor health. · to escape from; elude: to bilk one's pursuers. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/bilk