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bunco

/ˈbʌŋ.kəʊ/

Traduction: Nom désignant une escroquerie ou une arnaque, souvent liée à la tricherie dans les jeux de hasard ou à la vente de biens sans valeur., Verbe vieilli ou argotique signifiant tromper, escroquer ou duper quelqu'un, notamment au moyen d'une arnaque ou d'une combine reposant sur la confiance.

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noun

/ˈbʌŋ.kəʊ/C2formal
  • frNom désignant une escroquerie ou une arnaque, souvent liée à la tricherie dans les jeux de hasard ou à la vente de biens sans valeur.

A noun referring to a swindle or confidence trick, often involving cheating at gambling or persuading someone to buy worthless property.

  1. Swindle or fraudC1informalamerican

    A confidence trick or scam, often involving gambling or persuading someone to buy worthless property.

    frEscroquerie, arnaque

    • He fell victim to a bunco scheme that promised quick riches.
    • The police arrested the gang for running a bunco operation.
    • She lost her savings in a classic bunco involving fake real estate.

    Synonymesconflimflamfraudhustleracketscamswindletrick

Formes
  • buncos plural form
  • buncos' possessive plural form
  • bunco's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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verb

/ˈbʌŋ.koʊ/formalamericanobsolète
  • frVerbe vieilli ou argotique signifiant tromper, escroquer ou duper quelqu'un, notamment au moyen d'une arnaque ou d'une combine reposant sur la confiance.

An obsolete verb meaning to swindle, cheat, or defraud someone, especially through a confidence trick or scam.

  1. Swindle or cheatC1informalamerican

    To deprive someone of money or property by using deception or fraud.

    frescroquer

    • The con artist tried to bunco the elderly couple out of their savings.
    • He was arrested for attempting to bunco investors with a fake scheme.
    • They buncoed tourists by selling fake tickets to the show.

    Synonymesbilkcheatcondefrauddiddlefleecegyphornswogglerookscamswindletrick

Formes
  • buncoed past participle
  • buncoed past simple
  • buncoing present participle
  • buncoes third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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