bilk

Verbs

  • (v) cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
  • (v) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
    • foil your opponent
    frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart, baffle, foil, cross, spoil,
  • (v) evade payment to
    • He bilked his creditors
  • (v) escape, either physically or mentally
    • The thief eluded the police
    • This difficult idea seems to evade her
    • The event evades explanation
    elude, evade,

Synonyms

frustrate queer scotch thwart baffle foil cross spoil elude evade

See also

double cross

Words of close approximity

bile bill
bib bid big bin bit biz
bias Bida bide bier biff bike bile bill bind bine bird birl Biro birr bise bite bitt bize