bunco


bunco (http://definr.com/bunco)

     n : 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]
     v : 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: swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle,
          defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con]