bilked

Example Sentences

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Federal prosecutors say dozens of people bilked taxpayers by setting up scam social-services companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

From those schools, 10 teachers were bilked out of roughly $7,000 in credit card charges, Ware said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Prosecutors alleged Miller-Whitehead bilked a parishioner out of $90,000 in retirement savings by falsely promising he would find her a home and invest the rest in his real estate business.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

The best proof of this wholesomeness is that Masayoshi Son, who lost billions on WeWork, said after the fact that he still loved and respected the founder who had bilked him.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2023

First in the field after all, by Jove, though I bilked Everard in order to have my morning draught.—

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir