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bunco
bun·co also bun·ko B0550200 (bŭng′kō)Informal n. pl. bun·cos also bun·kos A swindle in which an unsuspecting person is cheated; a confidence game.tr.v. bun·coed, bun·co·ing, bun·cos also bun·koed or bun·ko·ing or bun·kos To swindle.
[Probably alteration of Spanish banca, card game, from Italian banca, bank, of Germanic origin; see bank2.]bunco (ˈbʊŋkəʊ) or bunkon, pl -cos or -kosa swindle, esp one by confidence trickstersvb, -cos, -coing, -coed, -kos, -koing or -koed (tr) to swindle; cheat[C19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian banca bank1]bun•ko or bun•co (ˈbʌŋ koʊ)
n., pl. -kos or -cos, n. 1. a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent or worthless object, or otherwise victimized. v.t. 2. to victimize by a bunko. [1880–85; shortened form of bunkum; compare -o] bunco
Past participle: buncoed
Gerund: buncoing
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| I bunco | | you bunco | | he/she/it buncos | | we bunco | | you bunco | | they bunco |
| Preterite |
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| I buncoed | | you buncoed | | he/she/it buncoed | | we buncoed | | you buncoed | | they buncoed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am buncoing | | you are buncoing | | he/she/it is buncoing | | we are buncoing | | you are buncoing | | they are buncoing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have buncoed | | you have buncoed | | he/she/it has buncoed | | we have buncoed | | you have buncoed | | they have buncoed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was buncoing | | you were buncoing | | he/she/it was buncoing | | we were buncoing | | you were buncoing | | they were buncoing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had buncoed | | you had buncoed | | he/she/it had buncoed | | we had buncoed | | you had buncoed | | they had buncoed |
| Future |
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| I will bunco | | you will bunco | | he/she/it will bunco | | we will bunco | | you will bunco | | they will bunco |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have buncoed | | you will have buncoed | | he/she/it will have buncoed | | we will have buncoed | | you will have buncoed | | they will have buncoed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be buncoing | | you will be buncoing | | he/she/it will be buncoing | | we will be buncoing | | you will be buncoing | | they will be buncoing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been buncoing | | you have been buncoing | | he/she/it has been buncoing | | we have been buncoing | | you have been buncoing | | they have been buncoing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been buncoing | | you will have been buncoing | | he/she/it will have been buncoing | | we will have been buncoing | | you will have been buncoing | | they will have been buncoing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been buncoing | | you had been buncoing | | he/she/it had been buncoing | | we had been buncoing | | you had been buncoing | | they had been buncoing |
| Conditional |
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| I would bunco | | you would bunco | | he/she/it would bunco | | we would bunco | | you would bunco | | they would bunco |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have buncoed | | you would have buncoed | | he/she/it would have buncoed | | we would have buncoed | | you would have buncoed | | they would have buncoed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bunco - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertybunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, con, stingsting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)swindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" | | Verb | 1. |  bunco - 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"con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimizeshort, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough moneycheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
TranslationsbuncoenUS
Related to bunco: bunco gameSynonyms for bunconoun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertySynonyms- bunco game
- bunko
- bunko game
- con game
- confidence game
- confidence trick
- flimflam
- gyp
- hustle
- con
- sting
Related Words- sting operation
- swindle
- cheat
- rig
verb deprive of by deceitSynonyms- con
- defraud
- diddle
- gip
- goldbrick
- gyp
- hornswoggle
- mulct
- nobble
- rook
- scam
- swindle
- short-change
- victimize
Related Words- short
- short-change
- cheat
- rip off
- chisel
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