bilk

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bɪlk/

Verb

transitive UK intransitive archaic

Japanese Meaning

（カードゲームなどで）相手を騙して点数計算などを不利に工作する / 詐欺を働く、騙して不正な利益を得る

What is this buttons?

He bilked her in the last hand of cribbage by cutting the perfect card and spoiling her score.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼はクリブの最後の手で完璧なカードを切って、彼女の得点を台無しにした。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive, UK) To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.

Sense（4）

(transitive, archaic) To evade, elude.

bilks

（ present singular third-person ）

bilking

（ participle present ）

bilked

（ participle past ）

bilked

（ past ）

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