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English

Etymology

Reportedly from banca, a card game.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈbʌŋkəʊ/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌŋkəʊ|-ʌŋkəʊ

Noun

In the Context of A swindle or confidence trick.
A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.

Derived terms

bunco-steerer

Verb

{{context|transitive|intransitive|US|slang}} To swindle (someone).

Alternative spellings

bunko

vi:bunco zh:bunco

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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, originally by means of
cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling
tactic. [Written also bunco.]
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
see bunko. [Written also bunko.]
[PJC] Buncombe

WordNet 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 trick, {confidence
game}, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v : deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]

Moby Dictionary
ballot-box stuffing , cardsharping , cheat , cheating , cozenage ,
diddle , diddling , dishonesty , dodge , fishy transaction , flam ,
flimflam , fraud , fraudulence , fraudulency , gerrymandering , graft ,
grift , gyp , gyp joint , illicit business , imposition , imposture ,
racket , scam , swindle