bunko

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A form of bunco — A swindle or confidence trick.

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Meanings

nounbunko (countable and uncountable, plural bunkos or bunkoes)

plural bunkos · plural bunkoes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of bunco.

    "Eh? Oh nonsense: that was all bunko," he replied, developing his malicious grin. "I put that across to work George up. Now he's clear out of it and a good job too, between us."

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London
verbbunko (third-person singular simple present bunkos, present participle bunkoing, simple past and past participle bunkoed)

present singular third person bunkos · participle present bunkoing · participle past bunkoed · past bunkoed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bunco.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

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swindlecheatrig
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buncoconconfidence gameconfidence trickcon gameflimflamhustlesting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

bunko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunko

MLA

“bunko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunko. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunko,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunko.

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