rook

rook ¹  (rk)

n.

1. An Old World bird (Corvus frugilegus) that resembles the North American crow and nests in colonies near the tops of trees.

2. A swindler or cheat, especially at games.

tr.v. rooked, rook·ing, rooks

To swindle; cheat: Customers are afraid of being rooked by unscrupulous vendors.

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[Middle English rok, from Old English hrc.]

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rook ¹

Noun

a large European black bird of the crow family

Verb

Old-fashioned, slang to cheat or swindle [Old English hrōc]

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rook ²

Noun

a chessman that may move any number of unoccupied squares in a straight line, horizontally or vertically; castle [Arabic rukhkh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rook - (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard castle chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
	2.	rook - common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow Corvus frugilegus corvine bird - birds of the crow family genus Corvus, Corvus - type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
Verb	1.	rook - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

Translations

rook [ruk] n (bird) → graja;

(CHESS) → torre f

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rook [ruk] n (= bird) → freux m;

(Chess) → tour f

vt (inf) (= cheat); rouler, escroquer

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rook [ruk] n (bird) → Saatkrähe f;

(Chess) → Turm m

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rook [ruk] n (bird) → corvo nero;

(CHESS) → torre f

vt (= cheat) → truffare, spennare