bunco meaning and definition

BUNCO noun

Definition of bunco (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, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting

BUNCO verb

Definition of bunco (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize