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bilkers

noun

plural of bilker

as in cheats

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value the "victim" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies

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Sometimes, the fourth-grader asks Robo-Dad for Minecraft cheats.

— Ella Chakarian, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Her most notable reporting has been about taxes, including exposing billionaire tax cheats and writing cover stories on tax shelters (corporate and individual), tax evasion, and tax policy.

— Forbes Membership, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026

Definition of cheats

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The White House is now cracking down on these tariff dodgers.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

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The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists due to demand in East and Southeast Asia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
DeRisi told me how, a few years ago, there was a large die-off of leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

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