Synonyms of bilks

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noun

plural of bilk

as in cheats

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the "owner" just a bilk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• dodgers
• sharks
• swindlers
• defrauders
• chiselers
• sharpers
• scammers
• phonies
• fraudsters
• skinners
• cheaters
• bilkers
• scamsters
• ringers
• fakirs
• tricksters
• chisellers
• sharpies
• confidence men
• adventurers
• fox
• hoaxers
• cozeners
• foxes
• trickers
• imposters
• quacks
• finaglers
• fakes
• charlatans
• pretenders
• sneaks
• humbugs
• impostors
• phoneys
• sneakers
• mountebanks
• shams
• fakers
• knaves
• rogues
• schemers
• double-crossers
• rascals
• bluffers
• slicksters
• blacklegs
• pranksters
• plotters
• quacksalvers
• slickers
• wheeler-dealers
• cardsharps
• double-dealers
• slicks
• slyboots
• gamesmen
• cardsharpers
• smoothies
• fast-talkers

bilks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bilk

as in plucks

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• plucks
• squeezes
• hustles
• stings
• defrauds
• beats
• swindles
• deceives
• sticks
• victimizes
• screws
• shortchanges
• bleeds
• mulcts
• suckers
• does
• diddles
• tricks
• stiffs
• fleeces
• fiddles
• reams
• rips off
• cons
• exploits
• shakes down
• flimflams
• cozens
• shorts
• chisels
• extorts
• fools
• betrays
• rooks
• skins
• gaffs
• chouses
• hoses
• skunks
• nobbles
• thimblerigs
• does in
• euchres
• takes to the cleaners
• wrenches
• sells a bill of goods to
• overcharges
• takes for a ride
• clips
• wrings
• milks
• soaks
• gouges
• dupes
• wrests
• nicks
• gulls
• bamboozles
• bitches
• ropes (in)
• double-crosses
• fast-talks