definition of
bunco

[1] #1 bunco n. [bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property. wn

[2] #2 bunco v. [victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 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". wn