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Bunko — Bun ko, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunkoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunkoing}.] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Bunko steerer}, a person … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bunko steerer — Bunko Bun ko, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunkoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunkoing}.] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Bunko steerer}, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bunko — noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property • Syn: ↑bunco, ↑bunco game, ↑bunko game, ↑con, ↑confidence trick, ↑confidence game, ↑con game, ↑gyp, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Bunko — may refer to: * Bunko library, a Japanese private library for children * Bunkobon, a Japanese book format * Bunko Kanazawa, a Japanese adult film actress * Bunco (also Bunko and Bonko), a parlor game played in teams with three dice * A Confidence … Wikipedia
bunko — noun bamboozlement, cheating, chicanery, con game, confidence trick, defraudation, double dealing, dupery, ensnarement, flimflam, gyp, hoax, legal chicanery, pettifogging, racket, ruse, skulduggery, supercherie, swindle, trick, victimization,… … Law dictionary
Bunko — Bun ko, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bunko steerer — Informal. a swindler, esp. a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated. [1870 75, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
bunko — n. bunco, swindling game; cheater, swindler (in card games); deceit, fraud v. cheat, swindle, defraud, deceive … English contemporary dictionary
bunko steerer — variant of bunco steerer * * * Informal. a swindler, esp. a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated. [1870 75, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
con game — noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑bunco, ↑bunco game, ↑bunko, ↑bunko game, ↑con, ↑confidence trick, ↑confidence game, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
