[ noun ] a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property <noun.act>
Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic. [Written also {bunco}.]
Bunko \Bun"ko\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunkoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunkoing}.] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Bunko steerer}, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
Bunco \Bun"co\, n. see {bunko}. [Written also {bunko}.] [PJC]