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bilk - Word of the Day - Wed Dec 7, 2022

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bilk - (verb) - 1: to block the free development of: frustrate; 2: to cheat out of something value: defraud; 3: to evade payment of or to

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A book of faces bilks suckers out of their personal information, blocks sharing of information they don't like, and generally work towards the fall of society.

 

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drpaladin

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It is thought this came from modifying the term 'balk' from the game of cribbage.

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Bill W

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And the word rhymes with ilk and milk, not with those that pronounce the latter melk.  P.T. Barnum had a doctorate in ways to bilk others, since he believed a "sucker is born every minute."

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JamesSavik

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The FTX Crypto Ponzi scheme is the largest of its kind and bilked billions of dollars from investors.

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drpaladin

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3 hours ago, Bill W said:

And the word rhymes with ilk and milk, not with those that pronounce the latter melk.  P.T. Barnum had a doctorate in ways to bilk others, since he believed a "sucker is born every minute."

 

10 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

The FTX Crypto Ponzi scheme is the largest of its kind and bilked billions of dollars from investors.

Barnum Bankman-Fried has a sort of ring to it.

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Bill W

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22 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

The FTX Crypto Ponzi scheme is the largest of its kind and bilked billions of dollars from investors.

Yes, Bernie Madoff certainly put Mr. Barnum to shame.  

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