Usually means: Fraudulent scheme to swindle money.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word bunko:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. bunko: Merriam-Webster
  2. bunko: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bunko: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bunko: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bunko: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bunko, bunko: Wordnik
  7. bunko: Wiktionary
  8. bunko: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bunko: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Bunko, bunko: Dictionary.com
  11. Bunko (disambiguation), Bunko: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Bunko: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. bunko: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. bunko: Rhymezone
  15. Bunko: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. bunko: FreeDictionary.org
  17. bunko: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. bunko: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bunko: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bunko: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bunko: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bunko: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bunko)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of bunco [(US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.]
▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of bunco [(transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).]

Similar:
hustle, confidence game, flimflam, con game, gyp, con, sting, bunco game, bunko game, Dojin, more...

Opposite:
honesty, integrity, truthfulness

Types:
shell game, three-card monte, pigeon drop, bait and switch, short con, long con, crap game, more...

Phrases:
bunko game, bunko steerer, more...

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Similar:
hustle, confidence game, flimflam, con game, gyp, con, sting, bunco game, bunko game, Dojin, more...

Opposite:
honesty, integrity, truthfulness

Types:
shell game, three-card monte, pigeon drop, bait and switch, short con, long con, crap game, more...

Phrases:
bunko game, bunko steerer, more...



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