definition of
rook

[1] #1 rook n. [castle] (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard. wn

[2] #2 rook v. [victimize, swindle, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, 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

[3] #3 rook n. [Corvus frugilegus] common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow. wn