Bilk
Bilk verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made
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Thimblerig and bilk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thimblerig" instead a verb "Bilk".
Thimblerig
Thimblerig verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.
Usage example: had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady
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