bilker

Example Sentences

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He had become a modern anti-hero of sorts�a bilker of corporations and master of that old American art form, the tall tale.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cabby was evidently quite convinced that his eccentric fare was not a bilker.

From The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate by Tracy, Louis

The driver gave a glance at him, but the butler looked too respectable for a bilker, and he settled down for a quiet smoke, muttering, “Grapes or pears.”

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville

In lieu thereof comes a doubtful greeting and a demand for a deposit of money, for fear lest he should be some vulgar bilker.

From With Zola in England by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred