bunco

/ˈbʌŋkoʊ/

Other forms: buncoed; buncoing

Definitions of bunco

1. noun

   (offensive) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
   synonyms: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting

   types:

   sting operation

   a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)

   type of:

   cheat, rig, swindle

   the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
2. verb

   (offensive) deprive of by deceit
   synonyms: con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, shortchange, swindle, victimize

   types:

   short, short-change, shortchange

   cheat out of by giving back less money than is due to someone who has overpaid

   type of:

   cheat, chisel, rip off

   deprive somebody of something by deceit