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The word of the day is ‘bilk’.
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is bilked
It means:
1. Cheat
2. Obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit
3. Defraud
4. Con
1. Government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars.
2. He bilked us of all our money.
3. Unscrupulous con artists use so-called cold readings to bilk their victims.
4. Along with the growing popularity and hype surrounding the benefits of Maqui juice, scams to bilk consumers of their hard-earned cash have also emerged.
5. Consumers were bilked out of more than $15,000.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
con, deceive, defraud, fleece, swindle, bamboozle, circumvent, foil, frustrate, gyp, overreach, rook, ruin, thwart, trick, flimflam, cheat, exploit, diddle, sting, take for a ride, pull a fast one on, rook, euchre, bunco, pull a Swifty on etc.
be honest, give, aid, assist, help, lose, give away
Quotation:
Halliburton is not a ‘company’ doing business in Iraq. It is a war profiteer, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans. In past wars, they would have been arrested – or worse.
Michael Moore
Social Example:
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