BUNCO meaning: Deceptive game involving money, fraud

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General (17 matching dictionaries)

bunco: Merriam-Webster
bunco: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
bunco: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
bunco: Collins English Dictionary
bunco: Vocabulary.com
Bunco, bunco: Wordnik
bunco: Wiktionary
bunco: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
bunco (bunko): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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bunco: Dictionary.com
Bunco: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
bunco: Rhymezone
bunco: FreeDictionary.org
bunco: Mnemonic Dictionary
Bunco: The Word Detective
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bunco: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

bunco, bunco, bunco: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
bunco: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bunco)

▸ noun:  (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
▸ noun:  A brigand.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).

Similar:

swindle, nobble, flimflam, confidence game, gyp, con game, defraud, hustle, bunko, sting, more...

Opposite:

legitimate, honest, fair, genuine

Types:

three-card monte, shell game, crap game, bunco ring, bunco steerer, more...

Phrases:

bunco game, bunco squad, bunco steerer, more...

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