Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bilk
Participle: bilked
Gerund: bilking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bilk |
| you | bilk |
| he;she;it | bilks |
| we | bilk |
| you | bilk |
| they | bilk |
Perfect
| I | have bilked |
| you | have bilked |
| he;she;it | has bilked |
| we | have bilked |
| you | have bilked |
| they | have bilked |
Past
| I | bilked |
| you | bilked |
| he;she;it | bilked |
| we | bilked |
| you | bilked |
| they | bilked |
Pluperfect
| I | had bilked |
| you | had bilked |
| he;she;it | had bilked |
| we | had bilked |
| you | had bilked |
| they | had bilked |
Future
| I | will bilk |
| you | will bilk |
| he;she;it | will bilk |
| we | will bilk |
| you | will bilk |
| they | will bilk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bilked |
| you | will have bilked |
| he;she;it | will have bilked |
| we | will have bilked |
| you | will have bilked |
| they | will have bilked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bilk |
| you | bilk |
| he;she;it | bilk |
| we | bilk |
| you | bilk |
| they | bilk |
Perfect
| I | have bilked |
| you | have bilked |
| he;she;it | have bilked |
| we | have bilked |
| you | have bilked |
| they | have bilked |
Imperfect
| I | bilked |
| you | bilked |
| he;she;it | bilked |
| we | bilked |
| you | bilked |
| they | bilked |
Pluperfect
| I | had bilked |
| you | had bilked |
| he;she;it | had bilked |
| we | had bilked |
| you | had bilked |
| they | had bilked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bilk |
| you | would bilk |
| he;she;it | would bilk |
| we | would bilk |
| you | would bilk |
| they | would bilk |
Perfect
| I | would have bilked |
| you | would have bilked |
| he;she;it | would have bilked |
| we | would have bilked |
| you | would have bilked |
| they | would have bilked |
Imperative
| you | bilk |
| we | Let's bilk |
| you | bilk |
Verbs conjugated like 'bilk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bilk'
balk,
belk,
bile,
bill,
bolk,
bulk,
filk,
milk,
silk,
aik,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1651, from the noun (1633), first used as a cribbage term. Origin obscure, it was believed in 17c. to be "a word signifying nothing," perhaps of Arab origin; but it is rather perhaps a thinned form of balk. Meaning "to defraud" is first recorded 1672.
2. Uncertain; perhaps a variant form of balk.
Sample Sentences
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They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders. [2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 615:]
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Mr. Gallagher, who went by the nickname Doc, pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 to several charges connected to what prosecutors described as a Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly 10 years and bilked older people of their retirement savings. [2021 November 2, Maria Cramer, “Texas Radio Host Who Bilked Listeners Out of Millions Is Sentenced to Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]