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- verb Present participle of
bilk .
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Examples
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Two years later, Max Black (1956) presented an argument against backward causation, which became known as the bilking argument, and later attempts to meet the argument seemed to generate all kinds of paradoxes.
Backward Causation Faye, Jan 2005
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Police have released CCTV images of the man who is suspected of a string of fuel thefts - known as 'bilking' - across Greater Manchester.
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Police have released CCTV images of the man who is suspected of a string of fuel thefts - known as 'bilking' - across Greater Manchester.
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Police have released CCTV images of the man who is suspected of a string of fuel thefts - known as 'bilking' - across Greater Manchester.
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Police have released CCTV images of the man who is suspected of a string of fuel thefts - known as 'bilking' - across Greater Manchester.
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Police have released CCTV images of the man who is suspected of a string of fuel thefts - known as 'bilking' - across Greater Manchester.
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When asked yesterday by Tim Russert about this e-mail, Cornyn accused Reed -- who, in addition to being a top Bush campaign official also happens to be seeking the GOP nomination as Lt. Governor of Georgia -- of lying and "bilking" his clients:
Using Christian conservatives for fun and profit Glenn Greenwald 2006
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When asked yesterday by Tim Russert about this e-mail, Cornyn accused Reed -- who, in addition to being a top Bush campaign official also happens to be seeking the GOP nomination as Lt. Governor of Georgia -- of lying and "bilking" his clients:
Archive 2006-01-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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The offences mentioned (generally known as "bilking") may be punished by imprisonment without the option of a fine, and the whole or any part of the fine imposed may be applied in compensation to the driver.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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"You didn't tell us he had a bump for bilking!" jeers a fiend -- "bilking," I believe, is 'Arryan for going away without paying.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 Various 1876
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