bunco has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ verb ] deprive of by deceit

Examples

"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"

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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
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