obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud 诈骗(某人钱财);欺骗,骗取 government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions dollars. 纳税人的几百亿美元被政府骗来铺张浪费掉了。 ■obtain (money) fraudulently 骗(钱) some businesses bilk thousands of dollars from unsuspecting elderly consumers. 一些商店从没有戒心的老年顾客那里骗取了成千上万美元。
(archaic)evade; elude (古)逃避,躲避
派生 bilker noun 语源
mid 17th cent. (originally used in cribbage meaning 'spoil one's opponent's score'): perhaps a variant of baulk