bunco

Noun
  1. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (synset 100780744)
    is a type of: cheat, rig, swindle - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
    subtypes: sting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
    same as: bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, hustle, sting
Verb
  1. Deprive of by deceit (synset 202578034)
    "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"
    is a type of: cheat, chisel, rip off - deprive somebody of something by deceit
    subtypes: short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money
    same as: con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize

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