'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
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