Bunko

[bʌŋkәu]

Definition

(n.) A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.

Editor: Nell

Definition

n. (U.S.) a form of confidence-trick by which a simple fellow is swindled or taken somewhere and robbed.—v.t. to rob or swindle in such a way.—n. Bunk′o-steer′er that one of the swindling confederates who allures the victim.

Editor: Mervin