bilk

Example Sentences

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Also starting this week is the first trial in a sprawling scheme last decade to bilk Mississippi’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Growing up in Washington State, she was in a community production of “The Music Man,” another show about a slick con man trying to bilk small towners.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

But it also invited an unprecedented wave of theft and abuse, as criminals seized on the government’s generosity — and its race to disburse aid — to bilk state and federal agencies for massive sums.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

Costello wouldn’t be the only former Washingtonian accused of fabricating his résumé to bilk investors.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

When he was passing behind Harte's chair one of them said, "He's the one!"—and they pounced upon him and proposed to turn him over to the police as a bilk.

From Chapters from My Autobiography by Twain, Mark