All bilk synonyms
bilk
B b verb bilk
- fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- defraud — If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- rook — one of two pieces of the same color that may be moved any number of unobstructed squares horizontally or vertically; castle.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- snow — Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
- frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- foil — to cover or back with foil.
- gyp — a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- overreach — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.