bunco

[buhng-koh] /ˈbʌŋ koʊ/
noun, plural buncos, verb, buncoed, buncoing.
1.
bunko.
Examples from the web for bunco
  • Special events and activities range from bunco marathons to travel club excursions.
  • Enjoy tuna croissants and potato salad for lunch, and bunco for fun.
British Dictionary definitions for bunco

bunco

/ˈbʊŋkəʊ/
noun (pl) -cos, -kos
1.
a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
verb -cos, -coing, -coed, -kos, -koing, -koed
2.
(transitive) to swindle; cheat
Word Origin
C19: perhaps from Spanish banca bank (in gambling), from Italian bancabank1
Slang definitions & phrases for bunco

bunco

modifier

: a bunco scheme/ the police bunco squad (1872+)

noun

(also bunco game)A swindle; con game, scam (1872+)

verb

To swindle; defraud; flimflam: He was buncoed out of his seat in the House (1875+)

[said to be fr Banco, the name given in the 1850s by a crooked US gambler to the older game ''Eight-Dice Cloth''; Banco was probably based on Spanish banca, a card game similar to monte]