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Ripping off
Answer for the clue "Ripping off ", 7 letters:
bilking
Word definitions for bilking in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bilk \Bilk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bilked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bilking .] [Origin unknown. Cf. Balk .] To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor. --Thackeray. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of bilk English)
Usage examples of bilking.
As for that hotel bill, while it is true that bilking an "innkeeper" in Miami Beach carries much the same punishment as armed robbery elsewhere, it is a very provincial attitude-I would have paid if I had had the money.
When our religious nut finally sets foot aboard theComet to confront Angel, Franco recognizes him as a wanted criminal who's fled the Frontier and set up shop bilking the public with a phony religion.