bunko
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertySynonyms: buncobunco gamebunko gameconconfidence trickconfidence gamecon gamegyphustlestingflimflam
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Bunko \Bun"ko\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bunkoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunkoing.] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
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]