Synonyms for bunco

Noun

1. bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam, swindle, cheat, rig
usage: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Verb

1. victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con, cheat, rip off, chisel
usage: 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"
WordNet 2.0 Copyright © 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

See also: bunco (Dictionary)

Related Content

Synonyms Index

© 2000–2008 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster