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What is another word for bilking?

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Verb

Present participle for to cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

Present participle for to evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery

Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

Present participle for to fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution

The action of evading something

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Verb

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Present participle for to cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

taking to the cleaners

doing someone in the eye

taking for a ride

pulling a fast one on

leading up the garden path

giving someone a bum steer

selling a bill of goods to

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

selling down the river

leading down the garden path

balking^US

baulking^UK

selling a bill of goods

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

beating around the bush

worming one's way out of

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

penalising^UK

penalizing^US

putting the screws to

sucking the life out of

getting the better of

pulling someone's leg

stealing someone blind

rooking out of

bleeding someone of something

biasing^US

biassing^UK

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

wrong steering

giving the wrong impression

sending on a wild goose chase

putting on the wrong track

playing trick on

putting on an act

leading up garden path

putting on false front

throwing off the scent

stage-managing

twisting around your little finger

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

finding a loophole in

exploiting a loophole in

slipping something over on

outperforming

playing games with

tripping up

putting someone up to something

going one better than

playing someone false

playing fast and loose with

giving the runaround

steering

sending on a wild-goose chase

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

saying something untrue

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling a falsehood

telling stories

bearing false witness

breaking promise

telling untruths

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“Trusts that secretly conspired to bilk the public.”

Verb

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Present participle for to evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery

giving something a miss

throwing off the scent

keeping out of the way of

keeping at arm's length

shying from

turning back on

giving a wide berth to

extricating oneself from

balking^US

baulking^UK

slipping through your fingers

slipping through the net of

keeping your distance

leading on a merry chase

giving the runaround

escaping the clutches of

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Verb

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Present participle for to frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

baulking^UK

balking^US

putting the kibosh on

putting the mockers on

giving the slip

upsetting the applecart

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

putting the stopper on

taking down

playing off

cooking someone's goose

throwing a spanner in the works

halting in its tracks

throwing monkey wrench in

throwing a monkey wrench in the works

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

standing in the way of

taking the wind out of your sails

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

getting in the way of

putting a wrench in the works

giving the run around

putting a spanner in the works

keeping from happening

putting the damper on

getting the better of

taking out of play

putting the brakes on

throwing cold water on

keeping at arm's length

throwing a spoke in the wheel of

beating down

causing setback

confronting

taking wind out of sails

putting end to

pouring cold water on

bringing to screeching halt

putting on back burner

throwing a monkey wrench into

rendering null and void

keeping under control

bringing to a standstill

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Verb

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Present participle for to fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

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Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

giving someone the brush-off

giving someone the go-by

having no part of

having nothing to do with

keeping one's distance from

telling someone where to get off

balking at

cutting dead

freezing out

giving a wide berth to

giving the cold shoulder

shaking off

palming off

giving the bum's rush

giving the cold shoulder to

leaving out in the cold

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

handing someone the frozen mitt

keeping at arm's length

having nothing more to do with

acting cool

swearing off

breaking with

washing your hands of

looking straight through

giving the brushoff

giving someone the air

icing out

giving someone the big E

flouting

circumnavigating

avoiding dealing with

not including

giving something a miss

pretending not to see

turning up one's nose

refusing to recognize

withholding patronage

placing an embargo on

refusing to take part in

looking through

taking no notice of

cutting out

not giving time of day

sloughing off

blowing off

leaving off

giving someone the push

giving the elbow

binning off

paying no attention to

making light of

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Noun

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The action of evading something

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