Bunco

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
     see {bunko}. [Written also {bunko}.]
     [PJC] Buncombe

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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