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bunco

[ buhng-koh ]

noun

buncoed buncoingplural: buncos


bunco

/ ˈbʊŋkəʊ /

noun

  1. a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to swindle; cheat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bunco1

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

MORE ---------- Ron Paul: Still a Bunco Artist By David Frum It's sad and squalid that Ron Paul finished ahead of Jon Huntsman.

The wandering vagabond considers him the "bunco-man" of the beggars' world, and that is a good name.

The hold-up man—the card-sharp—the bunco-steerer—the get-rich-quick stock-broker fall "easy game" to the detective thus disguised.

I won't bunco my neighbors an' I ain't goin' to 'low you to do it with any proposition I'm interested in.

For fraud, exploited by the skillfulest of advertising bunco men, is the basis of the trade.

This is one of the greatest bunco games ever practiced upon workingmen.

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