'Bunco' definitions:

Definition of 'bunco'

(from WordNet)

noun

A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]

verb

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, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]

Definition of 'Bunco'

From: GCIDE

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

Definition of 'bunco'

From: 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]

Synonyms of 'bunco'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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

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