The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CON , but the solution may also be FLIMFLAM which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Bilk crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
CON | 36 % | 3 |
CHEAT | 14 % | 5 |
OVERCHARGE | 7 % | 10 |
FLEECE | 7 % | 6 |
SWINDLE | 7 % | 7 |
TAKETOTHECLEANERS | 7 % | 17 |
FLIMFLAM | 7 % | 8 |
ROB | 7 % | 3 |
HOSE | 7 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bilk
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- evade
- elude
- spoil
- thwart
- scotch
- frustrate
- baffle
- foil
- queer
- cross
- cheat
- defraud
Crossword Answer definitions
CON verb- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CON
- Jailer's charge
- Man in the pen
- Joint tenant
- Kind of game
- Take for a ride
- Thimblerig
- Swindle
- __ brio
- One who didn't dodge a charge?
- Spam, often (and the start of a split order of rice porridge)
More clues leading to the result CHEAT
- Deceive by trickery
- Shortchange, say
- Peek at the answer
- Peek during a test
- Break the rules
- Steal answers
- Get an A by stealth
- Refuse to play by the rules
- Swindle
- Use a crib sheet
More clues leading to the result OVERCHARGE
- Soak
- Gouge
- Bilk
- Invoice error
- Pad the bill
- Price too high.
- Consumer complaint.
- Cheat in a way
- Bill error, sometimes
- Sting a customer
More clues leading to the result FLEECE
- Ewe's coat
- Ovine coat
- Warm coat
- Defraud
- Swindle
- Take to the cleaners
- It grows on ewe
- Sheep product
- Jason's quest
- Bamboozle
More clues leading to the result SWINDLE
More clues leading to the result TAKETOTHECLEANERS
More clues leading to the result FLIMFLAM
More clues leading to the result ROB
- Carl's son
- Half a Walter Scott novel
- Hold up
- Knock over
- Reiner or Roy
- A Reiner
- Plunder
- Rifle
- Burgle
- Steal from