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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Bilking (0.01312 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Bilking.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bilk
bilk
v 1: cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
2: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of;
“What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge”;
“foil your opponent” [syn:
thwart,
queer,
spoil,
scotch,
foil,
cross,
frustrate,
baffle]
3: evade payment to;
“He bilked his creditors”
4: escape, either physically or mentally;
“The thief eluded the
police”;
“This difficult idea seems to evade her”;
“The
event evades explanation” [syn:
elude,
evade]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bilking
Bilk
\Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bilked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bilking.] [Origin unknown. Cf.
Balk.]
To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give
the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
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