Need another word that means the same as “bilk”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “bilk” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bilk” are: elude, evade, baffle, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart, swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, gull, avoid, get away from, dodge, flee, escape, escape from, run from, run away from
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bilk” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| avoid | Refrain from doing something. Avoid excessive exposure to the sun. |
| baffle | Be a mystery or bewildering to. An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone. |
| cross | Cause to intersect or lie crosswise. Michele sat back and crossed her arms. |
| deceive | Cause someone to believe an untruth. I didn t intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne. |
| defraud | Deprive of by deceit. She defrauded the customers who trusted her. |
| dodge | Move quickly to one side or out of the way. The child dodged the teacher s blow. |
| dupe | Deceive; trick. The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story. |
| elude | Escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way. Sleep still eluded her. |
| escape | Interrupt an operation by means of the escape key. Two burglars have just escaped from prison. |
| escape from | Flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run. |
| evade | Escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery. Sleep still evaded her. |
| flee | Run away from (someone or something. He was forced to flee the country. |
| foil | Cover or back with foil. Their rivals were foiled by the weather. |
| frustrate | Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather. |
| get away from | Irritate. |
| gull | Make a fool or dupe of. |
| hoodwink | Deceive or trick. Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn off shotgun. |
| run away from | Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way. |
| run from | Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position. |
| scotch | Wedge (someone or something) somewhere. Feudal power in France was scotched though far from killed. |
| spoil | Alter from the original. I ve got some ham that ll spoil if we don t eat it tonight. |
| swindle | Obtain (money) fraudulently. He was said to have swindled 62 5 million from the state owned cement industry. |
| thwart | Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. The government had been able to thwart all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties. |
| trick | Deceive somebody. Many people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards. |
| bamboozle | Cheat or fool. He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well. |
| bogus | Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. A bogus insurance claim. |
| cheat | An act of cheating a fraud or deception. She cheated death in a spectacular crash. |
| conspiracy | The action of plotting or conspiring. A conspiracy to destroy the government. |
| cozen | Be false to; be dishonest with. Do not think to cozen your contemporaries. |
| deceit | A misleading falsehood. Hypocrisy and deceit were anathema to her. |
| deceive | (of a thing) give (someone) a mistaken impression. I didn t intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne. |
| deception | A misleading falsehood. Obtaining property by deception. |
| deceptive | Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading. Deliberately deceptive packaging. |
| defraud | Deprive of by deceit. She defrauded the customers who trusted her. |
| delude | Make (someone) believe something that is not true. Too many theorists have deluded the public. |
| dupe | Fool or hoax. The newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story. |
| faithless | Without religious faith. Her faithless lover. |
| fluke | Flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor. Their victory was a bit of a fluke. |
| fraud | A person who makes deceitful pretenses. He was convicted of fraud. |
| fraudulent | Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. Fraudulent share dealing. |
| hoax | Subject to a playful hoax or joke. The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax. |
| hoodwink | Influence by slyness. Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn off shotgun. |
| liar | A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly. The man was a notorious liar. |
| motivator | Something that provides a reason or stimulus to do something. She was a great motivator of people and very energetic. |
| mulct | Deprive of by deceit. A rapacious old woman who would never miss the few dollars mulcted of her. |
| perfidy | Betrayal of a trust. It was an example of his perfidy. |
| perpetrate | Carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action. Perpetrate a crime. |
| phony | A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. |
| scam | Deprive of by deceit. A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings. |
| swindle | The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme. He swindled me out of my inheritance. |
| treacherous | Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. Memory is particularly treacherous. |
| trick | A prostitute’s client. I thought I saw a flicker of emotion but it was probably a trick of the light. |
| trickery | The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. The dealer resorted to trickery. |
| victim | A living creature killed as a religious sacrifice. Sacrificial victims for the ritual festivals. |
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