Bilk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Nonsense; vain words.

II. Bilk ·noun A cheat; a trick; a hoax.

III. Bilk ·noun A person who tricks a creditor; an untrustworthy, tricky person.

IV. Bilk ·noun A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

V. Bilk ·vt To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor.