Verb

• S: (v) bilk (cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money)
• S: (v) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of) "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
• S: (v) bilk (evade payment to) "He bilked his creditors"
• S: (v) elude, evade, bilk (escape, either physically or mentally) "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) escape, get away, break loose (run away from confinement) "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
• S: (v) break, break out, break away (move away or escape suddenly) "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
• S: (v) shake, shake off, throw off, escape from (get rid of) "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
• S: (v) elude, evade, bilk (escape, either physically or mentally) "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
• S: (v) exfiltrate (escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control)
• S: (v) slip (move smoothly and easily) "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
• S: (v) run away (escape from the control of) "Industry is running away with us all"
• S: (v) escape, get away (remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion) "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame