- bilk
- v1. default, dishonor, refuse to pay, decline to redeem, Sl. welsh; abscond, Sl. skip town, Brit. Sl. levant, Brit. Sl. do a moonlight flit.2. swindle, cheat, defraud, fleece, rook, gull, Archaic. chouse; stack the deck, Inf. gyp, Sl. chisel, Sl. gaff; pluck, mulct, victimize, exploit, play on or upon, take advantage of, Inf. diddle, Inf. do, Sl. burn.3. bamboozle, delude, deceive, mislead, hoodwink, pull the wool over [s.o.'s] eyes; cozen, bluff, take in; fool, hoax, humbug, trick, outwit, circumvent, put one over on, Brit. Inf. gammon.4. frustrate, thwart, balk, defeat, foil, cross.5. vanish, disappear, do the disappearing act, Inf. make oneself scarce; elude, evade, escape, duck, dodge, give [s.o.] the slip, lose [s.o.], Sl. duck and run, Sl. dog it, Sl. ditch [s.o.], Sl. throw [s.o.] off the scent, Sl. shake [s.o.] off.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.