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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /bɪlk/

Definition 1:
• The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

Definition 2:
• A deception, a hoax.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 3:
• A cheat or swindler.
Labels: obsolete
Verb
Pronunciation: /bɪlk/

Definition 1:
• To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray, overreach, put on, spoof, sham, trick
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.
Labels: UK, intransitive

Definition 4:
• To evade, elude.
Labels: archaic, transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bilk