bunko

Other forms: bunkos

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