variants
or bunko
as in scam
an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
they were experts at that bunco, having fleeced wide-eyed tourists for years
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Recent Examples of bunco
The fact that Bosworth was the brains behind this whole caper shows you just how short of brains the whole Healey bunco operation is.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The group hosts a variety of activities, from book club, bunco, mahjong, lunch groups, movies, theater and game day to wine tasting and the Afternoon Tea & Conversation Group.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
There have been bunco parties, Ice Queen birthday parties, and whatever the hell NeNe’s Girls & Gays Never Forget All-White Party Seafood Soirée was.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
The group hosts a variety of activities, from book club, bunco, mahjong, lunch groups, movies, theater and game day to wine tasting and the Afternoon Tea & Conversation Group.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
There have been bunco parties, Ice Queen birthday parties, and whatever the hell NeNe’s Girls & Gays Never Forget All-White Party Seafood Soirée was.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunco
Noun
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Trailer Park Boys is a faux documentary about three petty criminals running scams from their Halifax trailer park and streams on Netflix.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Nov. 2025
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Just because Trump thinks climate change is a scam, doesn’t mean the rest of the world agrees.—
John D. Sutter,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After the 2025 playoffs are over, there should be a better understanding whether the pros outweighed the cons with the new playoff brackets.—
Cecil Joyce,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
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Roosevelt let newspaper editorials hash out the pros and cons of the voyage before making an official announcement, and the leak represented the first time congressmen (and the public) heard about the fleet’s plans to circumnavigate the globe.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Bunco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunco. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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