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Bilk vs Filch - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between bilk and filch

is that bilk is to do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone) while filch is to steal, to illegally take possession of.

As verbs the difference between bilk and filch

is that bilk is to spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage while filch is to steal, to illegally take possession of.

As a noun bilk

is (cribbage) the spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

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.

    • filch

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To steal, to illegally take possession of.
    • Hey! Someone filched my noggin.

    Synonyms

    * lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack * See also