Bilked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bilked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Bilking}.] [Origin unknown. Cf. {Balk}.]
     To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by
     nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give
     the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray.
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