bunco(n = noun.act) bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property;
is a kind of cheat, rig, swindle
has particulars: sting operation
Derived form verb bunco₁

   bunco(v = verb.social) con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize - 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"
is one way to cheat, chisel, rip off
Derived form noun bunco₁
Sample sentences: They bunco him of all his money

   see bunko. [PJC]

bunco, n. & v. US sl.
--n. (pl. -os) a swindle, esp. by card-sharping or a confidence trick.
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed) swindle, cheat.

Etymology:
perh. f. Sp. banca a card-game

VB  steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.

bunco artist, bunco game