bilk
verb (informal, especially North American English)- bilk somebody (out of something) | bilk something (from somebody)
to cheat somebody, especially by taking money from them 欺骗；诈骗（钱财） a conman who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万美元的骗子
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally used in cribbage meaning ‘spoil one's opponent's score’): perhaps a variant of baulk.