bunco

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He took me for a bunco-steerer James He did indeed, and you for my confederate," chuckled the old gentleman.

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  1. noun A swindle in which an unsuspecting person is cheated; a confidence game.
  2. transitive verb To swindle.

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  1. Probably alteration of Spanish banca, card game, from Italian banca, bank, of Germanic origin; see bank2.
 

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/ˈbungkoʊ/
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