All bunco synonyms
bunΒ·co
B b noun bunco
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- chicanery β Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- scam β a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- trickery β the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
- fraud β deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- conspiracy β Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- graft β the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- complicity β Complicity is involvement with other people in an illegal activity or plan.
- infidelity β marital disloyalty; adultery.
- betrayal β A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- treason β the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- crook β A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
- swindler β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- hustler β an enterprising person determined to succeed; go-getter.
- con man β A con man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- con artist β A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
- frame β a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- gyp β a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- sting β to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- racket β a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- sell β to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- baloney β If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
- rip-off β a rent made by ripping; tear.
- imposture β the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- double-dealing β duplicity; treachery; deception.
verb bunco
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- fleece β the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- hoodwink β to deceive or trick.
- bilk β To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
- dupe β duplicate.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- victimize β to make a victim of.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- simulate β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- affect β If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- juggle β to keep (several objects, as balls, plates, tenpins, or knives) in continuous motion in the air simultaneously by tossing and catching.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- betray β If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.