Bilk
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ROB
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

GYP
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

CON
In opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con"

4 letters

HOSE
A flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas

FOIL
A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

ROOK
Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

5 letters

STING
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

CHEAT
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

QUEER
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

SPOIL
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

ELUDE
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

EVADE
Escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"

6 letters

BAFFLE
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

THWART
A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

SCOTCH
Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

CHISEL
An edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

FLEECE
A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

7 letters

SWINDLE
The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

DEFRAUD
Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

9 letters

BAMBOOZLE
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"

FRUSTRATE
Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"