bunco

Definition

A swindle or confidence trick.

Etymology

Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.

Example Sentences

• "When they fall into the hands of the Buncoes, they sometimes do; at others, they are merely robbed or held to ransom for a time and then released again."
• "Furthermore, he knew of the O.M. and of how the O.M. was the smoking gun and his outrageous guilt was the key to bringing down every one of the underhanded and dishonest buncoes that were running extreme and eopidemic in Edmonton back then."