bilk vs pay

bilk

verb
  • To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone). 

  • To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • The spoiling of someone's score in the crib. 

pay

verb
  • To give (something else than money). 

  • To discharge an obligation or debt. 

  • To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. 

  • To be profitable or worth the effort. 

  • To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny. 

  • To suffer consequences. 

  • To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. 

  • To be profitable for. 

  • To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. 

noun
  • Money given in return for work; salary or wages. 

adj
  • Operable or accessible on deposit of coins. 

  • Pertaining to or requiring payment. 

How often have the words bilk and pay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )