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經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人例句

Partly because they are not paid properly,they bilk the system and get away with it,thanks to political contacts.部分是由于沒有拿到合理的報(bào)酬，他們?cè)谡侮P(guān)系的幫助下，從這個(gè)體系中貪到了錢并且逍遙法外。... all those official stamps are meant to allay fears that your counterparty will try to bilk you.……所有這些公章都是為了減輕對(duì)于對(duì)方想要坑你錢的恐懼。

釋義

[verb] Obtain or withhold money from (someone)by deceit or without justification [動(dòng)詞] 通過欺騙或無正當(dāng)理由地從（某人）手中獲取或扣下錢

解讀

Bilk是一個(gè)較為口語化的詞，但聲音短促有力。該詞專指通過詐騙等手段拿到/扣下錢，其用法可以是bilk someone（個(gè)人、納稅者、消費(fèi)者、公司、國(guó)家）of/out of their money/millions of dollars，也可以說bilk thousands of dollars from elderly consumers。

近義詞

swindle,defraud,deceive