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bunco
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bunco, n. & v. US sl.
--n. (pl. -os) a swindle, esp. by card-sharping or a confidence trick.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) swindle, cheat.
--n. (pl. -os) a swindle, esp. by card-sharping or a confidence trick.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) swindle, cheat.
Etymology
perh. f. Sp. banca a card-game
THESAURUS
bunco
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, swindleROGET THESAURUS
bunco
Stealing
VB steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.For further exploring for "bunco" in Webster Dictionary Online