bilk

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
2. 2
   A deception, a hoax.
3. 3
   A cheat or swindler.

Verb

1. 1
   To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
2. 2
   To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
3. 3
   To steal fuel from a self-service filling station by driving away without paying after filling the fuel tank or other container; to commit a drive-off.
4. 4
   To evade, elude.