bilk

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verb

1. cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- They bilk him of all his money
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
• Syn:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil,
cross, frustrate, baffle
• See Also:
double cross (for: cross)
• Derivationally related forms:
frustrative (for: frustrate), frustration (for: frustrate), cross (for: cross), foiling (for: foil), thwarter (for: thwart), thwarting (for: thwart)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Hyponyms:
disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. evade payment to
- He bilked his creditors
• Hypernyms:
deprive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. escape, either physically or mentally
- The thief eluded the police
- This difficult idea seems to evade her
- The event evades explanation
• Syn:
elude, evade
• Derivationally related forms:
evasion (for: evade), elusive (for: elude), elusion (for: elude), eluding (for: elude)
• Hypernyms:
escape, get away, break loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  elude, evade, thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle