bilk

Example Sentences

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The numbers out of Minnesota are staggering: Three separate plots to bilk welfare programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Growing up in Washington State, she was in a community production of “The Music Man,” another show about a slick con man trying to bilk small towners.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Costello wouldn’t be the only former Washingtonian accused of fabricating his résumé to bilk investors.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

They also face fake brokers who promise to help them send money back to their families in the North but instead just bilk them.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2022

As I was passing through the gate, one of the men rushed at me, caught the bridle of my horse, and said, “Come, pay the fare; you ain’t going to bilk me a second time!”

From Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)