bunco meaning

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bunco (noun): a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.

bunco has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

bunco as a noun

  1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

    Synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

    Type of: swindle

    Kinds: sting operation

bunco as a verb

  1. deprive of by deceit
    • He swindled me out of my inheritance
    • She defrauded the customers who trusted her

    Synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con

    Type of: cheat

    Kinds: short-change

Scrabble score: 9 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with BU · words ending in CO · 5-letter words

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