bilk
/bɪlk/informal <非正式>
verb
with obj.
1
- obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud诈骗（某人钱财）; 欺骗, 骗取：
government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions dollars.
纳税人的几百亿美元被政府骗来铺张浪费掉了。
1.1
- obtain (money) fraudulently骗（钱）：
some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers.
一些商店从没有戒心的老年顾客那里骗取了成千上万美元。
2
- archaic evade; elude〈古〉逃避, 躲避。
派生词
bilker
noun词源
mid 17th cent. （originally used in cribbage meaning 'spoil one's opponent's score'）： perhaps a variant of BAULK.