bunko : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bunko	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bunko
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bunko n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property Synonym(s): bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also {bunco}.] {Bunko steerer}, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]