bunco

bunco
    n 1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
         person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco
         game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick},
         {confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {sting},
         {flimflam}]
    v 1: 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}, {bunco}, {defraud}, {scam}, {mulct},
         {gyp}, {gip}, {hornswoggle}, {short-change}, {con}]
    

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]
    

Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
   see {bunko}. [Written also {bunko}.]
   [PJC] Buncombe
    

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "bunco":
      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