Bunko /(?)/

1. A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic.

imp. & p. p. Bunkoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bunkoing

1. 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.