- bunco N. Amer.
- bunco N. Amer.informalnoun (plural buncos) a swindle or confidence trick.verb (buncoes, buncoing, buncoed) dated swindle or cheat.OriginC19: perh. from Sp. banca, a card game.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
bunco N. Amer.
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cheat — 1. verb Syn: swindle, defraud, deceive, trick, dupe, hoodwink, double cross, gull; informal diddle, rip off, con, pull a fast one on; N.Amer.; informal sucker, goldbrick; Austral.; informal rort 2. noun Syn … Synonyms and antonyms 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
