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Meanings of bunko in English

Catalan
frau
Spanish
fraude

A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property.

frau
Usage of bunko in English
1
There were no burglaries, gambling, picking of pockets, bunko swindling or handbook betting.
Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
2
The idea that children of queer parents do poorly in school is also bunko.
Wired
3
While Benton was photographing Gibson and Hatch, John observed the bunko swindler more closely.
Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
4
He bosses everything, gambling, stick-ups, bookmakers, pickpockets, bunko men, street walking women and dope peddling.
Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
5
He had done time in seven states, always for theft or burglary or con games or bunko.
Fine things
6
A bunko man, eh?
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
7
Pa says he thinks I was cut out for a bunko steerer, and I may look for that kind of a job.
Peck's Compendium of Fun / Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, ...
8
The man I'm after is 'Big Jim' Hatch, a notorious bunko swindler, and I've got him cornered but he doesn't know it.
Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
9
"I'll come back for you, Bunko," he said.
The Second Chance
Frequent collocations
Translations for bunko
Spanish
fraude
Bunko through the time