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What is another word for bilks?

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Verb

To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

To evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery

To frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

To fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

To deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution

Plural for a person who engages in cheating or swindling

Plural for a cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive

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To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

takes to the cleaners

does someone in the eye

leads up the garden path

gives someone a bum steer

sells a bill of goods to

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

leads down the garden path

sells a bill of goods

balks^US

baulks^UK

sucks the life out of

bleeds someone of something

pulls something funny

twists around your little finger

pulls wires

stage-manages

plays games

puts on the wrong track

plays trick on

puts up smoke screen

leads up garden path

gives the wrong impression

wrong steers

puts on an act

puts on false front

sends on a wild goose chase

throws off the scent

gives wrong information to

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

exploits a loophole in

puts someone up to something

plays fast and loose with

gives the runaround

forges

slips something over on

sends on a wild-goose chase

arranges fraudulently

mires

engages

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

puts someone off their stride

terrorizes^US

terrorises^UK

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“After befriending his elderly neighbor, the cunning teenager attempted to bilk her out of her life savings with a fake investment scheme.”

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To evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery

gives something a miss

keeps out of the way of

keeps at arm's length

shies from

turns back on

gives a wide berth to

extricates oneself from

hides from

reneges

shucks

balks^US

slips through your fingers

baulks^UK

escapes the clutches of

slips through the net of

gives the runaround

keeps your distance

leads on a merry chase

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To frustrate or foil, especially the hopes or expectations of someone

baulks^UK

balks^US

puts a spoke in someone's wheel

neutralizes^US

neutralises^UK

cooks someone's goose

throws a spanner in the works

throws monkey wrench in

halts in its tracks

throws a monkey wrench in the works

takes the wind out of your sails

throws a monkey wrench in the works of

puts a wrench in the works

puts a spanner in the works

beats someone to the draw

beats someone to the punch

throws a spoke in the wheel of

jeopardizes^US

takes wind out of sails

keeps at arm's length

jeopardises^UK

brings to screeching halt

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

demoralizes^US

demoralises^UK

drags through the mud

brings to a standstill

foxes

puts on back burner

throws a monkey wrench into

slips through your fingers

flies

throws off the scent

slips through the net

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To fail to fulfill an obligation or payment

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To deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution

ostracises^UK

ostracizes^US

gives someone the brush-off

gives someone the go-by

has no part of

has nothing to do with

keeps one's distance from

tells someone where to get off

balks at

cuts dead

freezes out

gives a wide berth to

gives the cold shoulder

gives the cold shoulder to

leaves out in the cold

hands someone the frozen mitt

keeps at arm's length

has nothing more to do with

acts cool

breaks with

swears off

gives someone the air

ices out

washes your hands of

gives someone the big E

gives the brushoff

looks straight through

gives something a miss

refuses to take part in

gives someone the push

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Noun

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Plural for a person who engages in cheating or swindling

confidence tricksters

phonies^US

phoneys^UK

jailbirds^US

gaolbirds^UK

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Noun

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Plural for a cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive

manoeuvres^UK

maneuvers^US

pretence^UK

pretense^US

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