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bilked

/bilk/US // bɪlk //UK // (bɪlk) //

被骗了,被骗,被骗的,受骗上当

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to defraud; cheat: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.
    • : to evade payment of.
    • : to frustrate: a career bilked by poor health.
    • : to escape from; elude: to bilk one's pursuers.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cheat; swindler.
    • : a trick; fraud; deceit.

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Examples

  • The Texas Republican practically bilked his donors by running the most unserious campaign in recent American history.

  • The California governor candidate hit back hard against charges she bilked a Hispanic housekeeper.

  • Recording companies bilked the artists who created the music.

  • He said he thought he had been bilked, and that the money would never be turned over.

  • She threw the paint-stained duster into the studio stove, stuck out her tongue at the sleeper, and whispered, 'Bilked!'

  • Were the owners and occupiers of the blocks of offices paid for them, or were they bilked like the hotel proprietors?

  • Don't tell me you bilked 'em all so 'andily on settin' that 'ouse afire.

  • But she is almost twenty; she is amazingly swift behind the bar, and no man has yet bilked her of a penny.