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Bilk vs Rook - What's the difference?

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In obsolete terms the difference between bilk and rook

is that bilk is a deception, a hoax while rook is to squat; to ruck.

In transitive terms the difference between bilk and rook

is that bilk is to do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone) while rook is to cheat or swindle.

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.
  • rook

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) rok, roke, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European bird, Corvus frugilegus , of the crow family.
  • * Pennant
  • The rook should be treated as the farmer's friend.
  • A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
  • (Wycherley)
  • (British) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
  • A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
  • Synonyms
    * (swindler) swindler, cheat
    Hypernyms
    * (bird) bird * (firecracker) firecracker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cheat or swindle.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 311:
  • Some had spent a week in Jersey before coming to Guernsey; and, from what Paddy had heard, they really do know how to rook the visitors over there.
    Synonyms
    * (sense) cheat, con, do, dupe, have, swindle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) roc, ultimately from (etyl) . Compare (roc).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
  • (rare) A castle or other fortification.
  • Synonyms
    * (chesspiece) castle
    See also
    * *
    See also
    * squab

    Etymology 3

    From rookie .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball, slang) A rookie.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (-)
  • mist; fog; roke
  • Etymology 5

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To squat; to ruck.
  • (Shakespeare)

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