Meanings of bilk (bilking) in English

The third's facing disbarment for running an adoption scam and bilking childless couples.

Hey, at least Facebook isn't bilking retirees out of billions of dollars via dubious investment vehicles.

Raistlin had attempted to expose a charlatan cleric who was bilking the villagers out of their money.

Tenet's lawsuit accuses Community Health of admitting patients for needless stays and bilking the U.S. government and private insurers.

This notion that McDonald's and companies like it are bilking taxpayers undergirds the case for increasing the minimum wage.

The scheme was centered on bilking investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his Antigua-based Stanford International Bank.

The defendant claims his wife abandoned his children when he accused her that day of bilking his software company, Namesys.

He testified that, before she vanished, he accused her of bilking the company out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Duke is also a convicted felon, who pleaded guilty in 2002 to bilking his supporters and cheating on his taxes.

In the intercepts, princes talk openly about bilking the state, and even argue about what is an acceptable percentage to take.

During the trial, Reiser and his attorneys maintained that Nina abandoned the children after Hans accused her of bilking his company.

Using a long list of aliases he'd worked a number of con games over the years, most bilking elderly or retarded women.

The defendant claimed his wife abandoned the divorcing couple's two young children after he accused her of bilking his Namesys software company.

Play that's not about beating the system or bilking other players of their riches, but sharing the experience of adventure and fun.

Instead of preventing Madoff from bilking unwary investors, Picard's suit alleged the family members stood by and profited while allowing it to continue.

And unless your business model depends on cutting corners or bilking your customers, you have nothing to fear from this reform, Obama said.