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English noun: bunco | |||
| 1. | bunco (act) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | ||
| Synonyms | bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, rig, swindle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sting operation | ||
English verb: bunco | |||
| 1. | bunco (social) deprive of by deceit | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They bunco him of all his money | ||
| Synonyms | con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheat, chisel, rip off | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | short, short-change | ||
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