Word: bilked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Walsh was reportedly out to bilk a savings bank for many years ran a television commercial featuring animated characters from the Wizard of Oz as spokespersons...
...consumer end of the business that sparks the most complaints. Many pitches to homes are not only annoying but also criminal: phony offers of Florida real estate and other telescams bilk households out of as much as $40 billion a year. Both houses of Congress passed bills to enable regulators to crack down harder on such abuses after FBI agents raided 95 telemarketing offices and arrested 210 people on suspicion of fraud earlier this year. The measures will now go to a House-Senate conference committee, with a final version expected to reach President Clinton's desk this fall...
Sure, hyperactive Jeremy Knowles can yell about austerity all he wants. Vaguely articulate Neil Rudenstine can mumble murky metaphors about tubs and bottoms to his heart's content. The University can scheme about clever ways to bilk $2 billion out of unsuspecting alumni until the Charles freezes over...