bilked

Meanings

• Verb

  To swindle or cheat someone out of money or possessions.

  - "He was bilked out of his savings by a con artist."
  - "The tourists were bilked by the local shopkeepers."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with bilked
hoked , oked , smoked

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Variants

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bilk , bilked , bilker , bilkers , bilking , bilks

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to shave' or 'clip' in the sense of shearing sheep. The modern meaning developed in the late 1800s, likely influenced by the idea of 'clipping' coins.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'bilked' is believed to have originated from the Middle English word 'bilken', which meant 'to shave'.

2. The verb 'bilk' is also used in the context of sheep farming, meaning to shear or clip the wool from a sheep.

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Related Concepts

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1. Swindle: The act of deceiving or defrauding someone, often for financial gain.

2. Fraud: A deliberate deception or misrepresentation intended to secure an unfair or unlawful gain.

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Culture

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In literature, 'bilked' has been used to describe various forms of deception and swindling. For example, in Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', Huck is bilked out of his money by a group of swindlers.

How to Memorize "bilked"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of cheating or swindling someone out of their belongings.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'bilked' with the feeling of being cheated or swindled.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'B' is for 'Bilked' - 'B'eing 'B'adly 'B'eware of swindlers.

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