Bunco (Verb)
Meaning
Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her";.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The scam artist tried to bunco the retiree out of her life savings through a fake investment scheme.
- He was arrested for attempting to bunco his coworkers by selling them nonexistent concert tickets.
- The company's financial advisor was accused of trying to bunco the investors by misrepresenting the risks involved.
- The street vendor was caught trying to bunco tourists by selling them low-quality merchandise at inflated prices.
- A group of con artists was busted for working together to bunco small business owners by offering fake loans with egregious interest rates.