bilk

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  2. A deception, a hoax. obsolete
  3. A cheat or swindler. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage. transitive
  2. To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone). transitive
    — 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.
  3. 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. UK,intransitive
  4. To evade, elude. archaic,transitive

词形变化

bilks plural bilks present,singular,third-person bilking participle,present bilked participle,past bilked past

词汇关系

衍生词
bilker

词源

词源 1
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
词源 2
Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
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