bilking
Defrauding of payment
Bilking is cheating or defrauding someone, typically by avoiding payment or swindling them out of money: The contractor bilked elderly homeowners out of thousands.
The word often appears in news reports about financial schemes: He was charged with bilking investors of millions.
To bilk someone of something is to deprive them of it through deception.
Deception for financial gain
- conArgument against
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
grift · flimflam · bamboozle · hoodwink · cheat · hustle · racket · dupery
Avoiding by moving aside
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- duckingBending to avoid impact
loopholes · offshore · shell companies · tax haven · laundering · concealment · obfuscation · stiffing
Departing secretly to evade
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- disappearingCeasing to be visible
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- slipping awayGradually leaving or diminishing
bolting · decamping · skedaddling · running out · skipping town · ghosting · ditching · eluding
swindle
Deception for financial gain
embezzlement · grift · flimflam · bamboozle · hoodwink · cheat · hustle · racket · dupery · chicanery
dodging
Avoiding by moving aside
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
ducking · loopholes · offshore · shell companies · tax haven · laundering · concealment · obfuscation · stiffing · welching
absconding
Departing secretly to evade
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- disappearingCeasing to be visible
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
slipping away · bolting · decamping · skedaddling · running out · skipping town · ghosting · ditching · eluding · flight
bilkingpaying
Transferring money owed
compensating · reimbursing · repaying · settling up · making good