動詞 bilk:

1. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
   同義詞：thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle
3. evade payment to
4. escape, either physically or mentally
   同義詞：elude, evade

1. The counselor bilked his clients out of$2 million.
   那位顧問從他的顧客那里騙取了200萬美元。
2. He bilked us of all our money.
   他把我們的錢都騙光了。

bilk

v.tr.（及物動詞）
bilked,bilk.ing,bilks

To defraud, cheat, or swindle:
蒙騙，欺騙，詐取：
例句：
made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.
在藝術(shù)品銷售中騙取富有顧客的大量錢財

To evade payment of:
逃避付錢：
例句：
bilk one`s debts.
逃債

To thwart or frustrate:
使受頓挫，使受挫折：
例句：
.Fate . . . may be to a certain extent bilked.(Thomas Carlyle)
.命運…在某種意義上可能受挫折.(托馬斯·卡萊爾)

To elude.
逃避
n.（名詞）
One who cheats.
騙子
Obsolete A hoax or swindle.
【廢語】 騙取，詐騙

來源：
[Perhaps an alteration of] balk
[可能是…的替代] balk

【引伸】
bilk.er
n.（名詞）