Bunko

Bunko
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.] [1913 Webster]


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