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2 definitions found 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bunco n : a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {sting}, {flimflam}] v : deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance" [syn: {swindle}, {rook}, {nobble}, {diddle}, {defraud}, {mulct}, {gyp}, {con}]
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