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Bilk vs Embezzlement - What's the difference?

bilk | embezzlement |

As nouns the difference between bilk and embezzlement

is that bilk is (cribbage) the spoiling of someone's score in the crib while embezzlement is (legal|business) the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

As a verb bilk

is to spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

bilk

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  • (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
  • To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 615:
  • *:They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders.
  • embezzlement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
  • See also

    * forgery * fraud * larceny * quackery * usury