Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at
cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense).]
A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of
cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling
tactic. [Written also bunco.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
see bunko. [Written also bunko.]
[PJC] Buncombe
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bunco
n : a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco game, bunko,
bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v : deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "bunco":
ballot-box stuffing, cardsharping, cheat, cheating, cozenage,
diddle, diddling, dishonesty, dodge, fishy transaction, flam,
flimflam, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, gerrymandering, graft,
grift, gyp, gyp joint, illicit business, imposition, imposture,
racket, scam, swindle
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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