bilk

1. (перехідне)To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

2. (перехідне)To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).

   prellen

   cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

3. (Британія, неперехідне)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.

4. (архаїчне, перехідне)To evade, elude.

   evade payment to

1. My grandmother was bilked out of her life savings.

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2. A confidence man polishes his "hood winking" or "eye-washing" techniques before bilking a new victim.

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