bilked
Took their money
Bilked is the past tense of bilk, meaning to cheat or defraud someone out of money or property.
The word often implies a deliberate scheme: Investors were bilked out of millions by the Ponzi scheme.
Someone bilked is a victim of financial deception, whether through outright fraud or slippery evasion of payment.
Deceived for gain
- scammedCheated through deception
- connedDeceived for gain
- defraudedIllegally deceived for gain
- dupedDeceived into believing
fleeced · hoodwinked · bamboozled · gypped · ripped off · taken · rooked · gulled
Dishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- racketUproar, scam, or paddle
grift · hustle · flimflam · shakedown · bunco · sting · dodge · shell game
One who defrauds others
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
hustler · cheat · shark · flimflammer · charlatan · mountebank · shyster · crook
swindled
Deceived for gain
duped · fleeced · hoodwinked · bamboozled · gypped · ripped off · taken · rooked · gulled · cozened
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
racket · grift · hustle · flimflam · shakedown · bunco · sting · dodge · shell game · Ponzi
scammer
One who defrauds others
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
grifter · hustler · cheat · shark · flimflammer · charlatan · mountebank · shyster · crook · confidence man
bilkedcompensated
Paid for service rendered
reimbursed · repaid · remunerated · indemnified · made whole