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A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.

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  1. n. A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
  2. n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  3. A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
  4. A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by asham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employedas a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
  5. n a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property