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Definition of Bunko
1. Noun. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Specialized synonyms: Sting Operation
Generic synonyms: Cheat, Rig, Swindle
Derivative terms: Bunco, Con, Flim-flam, Gyp
Definition of Bunko
1. n. A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
2. v. t. To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.
Definition of Bunko
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bunco) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bunko
1. to bunco [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: bunco
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunko
Literary usage of Bunko
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beyond Price: Pearls and Pearl-fishing : Origins to the Age of Discoveries by R. A. Donkin (1998)
"1956d. "A new attempt at the solution of the Fu-lin problem." [ 1931 - 1932]
Memoirs of the Research Department of the Toyo bunko [Tokyo] 15: 165-329. ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1892)
"Ram Mohun, with the sanction о Maharajah, sold his tenure to bunko Ее bunko ...
having allowed his reí fall into arrears, a suit was brought ai bunko ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"bunko, bunco (American), from the Italian banco, a bench or bank. A game at cards,
like three-card monte, and is usually simply a swindle. ..."
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