Bilk



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 躲某人的债; 骗取
• ［英］ v. 躲某人的债 ( avoid paying money) ; 骗取 ( cheat sb out of sth)
• ［例］ He bilked us of all our money .

Webster Collegiate

kI. transitive verb

• Etymology: perhaps alteration of ［sup］2［/sup］balk
• Date: 1647
• 1. to block the free development of ; frustrate <fate bilks their hopes>
• 2.
  • a. to cheat out of something valuable ; defraud
  • b. to evade payment of or to <bilks his creditors>
• 3. to slip away from <bilked her pursuers>
• ? bilker noun

II. noun

• Date: 1790
• an untrustworthy tricky individual ; cheat

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