bunko
- noun
- /ˈbʌŋkoʊ/
- Archaic
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- After losing money in a bunko game, she warned her friends to stay away from such scams.
Examples
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The detective investigated a bunko scheme that left many victims with empty wallets.
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I had to plead guilty to a bunko sales which carries six to ten years.
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Without a physical mechanism to explain the curve-fitting, it's pure bunko.
Blog text (29) -
He fell prey to a bunko operation that tricked him into buying a fake diamond.
Synonyms
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7.2
A dishonest trick to get someone's money or things
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6.3
A hidden trick to catch or cheat people often run by police
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7.7
A dishonest plan to cheat people, especially for money
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4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
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9.3
A trick used to cheat people, often to get their money
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8.0
A dishonest plan to trick people and take their money
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6.6
A dishonest trick that cheats people out of their money
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8.9
A dishonest trick that gains someone's trust to steal their money
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9.9
A plan to cheat people and take their money
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9.9
A trick that cheats people out of their money, often in gambling or fake investments
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6.6
A dishonest plan to gain someone's trust and then take their money or things
A trick that cheats people out of their money, often by selling fake property
A trick that cheats people out of money by gambling or selling worthless things
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A trick that cheats people out of money by gambling or selling worthless things
How Fraudulent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bunko comes from an old name for a cheating game, bunco, where people were tricked out of money, so imagine a crooked fair table where someone loses their cash. So a bunko is any dishonest scheme or 'swindle'.