bunco

noun

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

verb

deprive of by deceit

Roots

bancabunco- · Spanish · bank, card game

Synonyms for bunco

flimflamn swindlen scamn diddlev cozenagen grift cardsharpingn fraudn gypn cheatv

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The word bunco breaks down into one root of Spanish origin: the root bunco, from Spanish banca (“bank, card game”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.