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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