bunco

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
• Syn:
bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick,
confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam
• Derivationally related forms:
flim-flam (for: flimflam), gyp (for: gyp), con (for: con)
• Hypernyms:
swindle, cheat, rig
• Hyponyms:
sting operation

II - verb

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, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip,
hornswoggle, short-change, con
• Derivationally related forms:
con (for: con), gyp (for: gyp), scammer (for: scam), scam (for: scam), defrauder (for: defraud), swindler (for: swindle), swindle (for: swindle), victimization (for: victimize)
• Hypernyms:
cheat, rip off, chisel
• Hyponyms:
short-change, short
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They bunco him of all his money