Bunco Game (Noun)
Meaning
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The smooth-talking con artist convinced the elderly woman to invest in a fake real estate venture, a classic bunco game that left her financially ruined.
- The police warned the public about a bunco game being run by a group of scammers who were targeting vulnerable seniors with promises of unusually high returns on investments.
- The victim of the bunco game lost thousands of dollars to the scammer, who had promised him a guaranteed win in a fake lottery.
- The bunco game involved a fake charity, with the scammers using the money donated by well-meaning people to fund their own lavish lifestyles.
- The authorities arrested several individuals involved in a large-scale bunco game that had been operating in the city for months, cheating hundreds of people out of their savings.