[buhng-koh] 
noun, plural -cos, verb, -coed, -co⋅ing. Informal. [buhng-koh] noun, plural -kos, verb, -koed, -ko⋅ing. Informal.| 1. | a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized. |
| 2. | any misrepresentation. |
| 3. | to victimize by a bunko. |
| bun·co also bun·ko (bŭng'kō) n. pl. bun·cos also bun·kos A swindle in which an unsuspecting person is cheated; a confidence game. tr.v. bun·coed also bun·koed, bun·co·ing also bun·ko·ing, bun·cos also bun·kos To swindle. [Probably alteration of Spanish banca, card game, from Italian banca, bank, of Germanic origin; see bank2.] |
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