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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Bunko

· Bun·ko · IPA
01 n. A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic.
  1. 1.
    A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic.
02 v. t. To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.
imp. & p. p. Bunkoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunkoing
  1. 1.
    To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.
Phrases & compounds
Bunko steerer — a person employed as a decoy in bunko.