Bilk
Bilk noun - A dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value.
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Con artist and bilk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Con artist" instead a noun "Bilk".
Con artist
Con artist noun - A swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim.
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Synonyms for Con artist
Bilk and con artist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bilk" instead a noun phrase "Con artist".
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Con Artist: Samara, who has spent fifteen years pretending to be Shelby's half-sister to bilk her out of millions of dollars.
Source: Series / Quantico - In most of the Encyclopedia Brown books, a con artist named Wilford Wiggins tries to bilk the town kids out of their savings in some elaborate scheme or other.
Source: Aesop Amnesia -
Averted in Maverick by Joseph, who, although he's one of the more decent characters in the film, is still a talented con artist who's just playing up the Noble Savage idea to bilk money out of a wealthy Russian hunter.
Source: Noble Savage
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