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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bun·ko /ˈbʌŋ(ˌ)ko/
 詐騙的輸贏;欺詐;行騙

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bun·ko n.  A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic. [Written also bunco.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bun·ko v. t.  [imp. & p. p. Bunkoed p. pr. & vb. n. Bunkoing.] To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.
 Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 bunko
      n : a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a
          person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco
          game, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
          game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]