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Meaning of BUNCO

Pronunciation:  'bungkow

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  2. [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"
 
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 Synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, defraud, diddle, flimflam, goldbrick, gyp, gyp, hustle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, sting, swindle, victimize
 
 See Also: beat, cheat, cheat, chisel, rig, rip off, short, short-change, swindle

 

 

Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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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