āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to bilk
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to unfairly take money or what someone deserves from them through dishonest methods
Transitive: to bilk sb | to bilk sb out of sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He bilked investors out of millions of dollars by promising high returns on a fake investment scheme.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇ āĻ˛āĻā§āĻˇ āĻĄāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to evade or avoid paying money owed
Transitive: to bilk sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The defendant attempted to bilk the court by falsifying evidence to avoid paying damages.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to hinder, prevent, or obstruct the progress or development of something
Transitive: to bilk an effort or plan
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company 's unethical practices bilked the growth of local businesses.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
