bilked
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In recent years, the Federal Trade Commission has taken enforcement action against several operations that it said bilked consumers out of millions of dollars with the lure of effortless money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Twenty-one people are facing charges as part of a massive hospice fraud scheme that prosecutors say bilked California’s medical system out of $267 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Prosecutors say he bilked insurance companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
The best proof of this wholesomeness is that Masayoshi Son, who lost billions on WeWork, said after the fact that he still loved and respected the founder who had bilked him.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2023
The men only got two hundred pieces-of-eight each, after all their toil, for their Welshman was indeed a thief, and bilked his crews, no less than he plundered the Spaniards, without remorse.
From Essays in Little by Andrew Lang
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