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bilking
We have found lemma(root) word of bilking : bilk.
Definitions
[bɪlk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- obtain or withhold money from (someone) unfairly or by deceit; cheat or defraud
(e.g: an apparently benevolent elderly gentleman bilked me of twenty dollars)
- evade; elude
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 17th century (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score’): perhaps a variant of balk
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