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Definitions for Bunco

[1] bunko.
[2] a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
[3] any misrepresentation.
[4] to victimize by a bunko.
[5] a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
[6] (tr) to swindle; cheat
[7] a variant spelling of bunco

Words related to Bunco

infidelity, betrayal, treason, crook, swindler, hustler, chicanery, scam, trickery, fraud, deception, swindle, deceit, conspiracy, graft, complicity, pretend, delude, mislead, fleece

Words nearby Bunco

buncher resonator, bunches, bunchflower, bunching onion, bunchy, bunco, buncombe, bund, bundaberg, bundelkhand, bundesrat

Origin of Bunco

ko1880–85; shortened form of bunkum; cf. -o

Word origin for Bunco

C19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian banca bank 1

Synonyms for Bunco

betrayal, infidelity, treason, corruption, disaffection, dodge, double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, falseness, flimflam, gyp, perfidiousness, perfidy, put-on, racket, scam, sellout, spoof, whitewash, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, double-cross, fast shuffle, grift, recreancy, shell game, skin game, stab in the back, sweet talk, treacherousness, two-timing