bun·ko (bŭng′kō) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
bunko (ˈbʌŋkəʊ ) n ,
vb a variant spelling of
bunco Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
bun•ko or bun•co (ˈbʌŋ koʊ) n., pl. -kos or -cos, n. 1. a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
v.t. 2. to victimize by a bunko.
[1880–85; shortened form of
bunkum ; compare
-o ]
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bunko Past participle: bunkoedGerund: bunkoingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I bunko you bunko he/she/it bunkos we bunko you bunko they bunko
Preterite I bunkoed you bunkoed he/she/it bunkoed we bunkoed you bunkoed they bunkoed
Present Continuous I am bunkoing you are bunkoing he/she/it is bunkoing we are bunkoing you are bunkoing they are bunkoing
Present Perfect I have bunkoed you have bunkoed he/she/it has bunkoed we have bunkoed you have bunkoed they have bunkoed
Past Continuous I was bunkoing you were bunkoing he/she/it was bunkoing we were bunkoing you were bunkoing they were bunkoing
Past Perfect I had bunkoed you had bunkoed he/she/it had bunkoed we had bunkoed you had bunkoed they had bunkoed
Future I will bunko you will bunko he/she/it will bunko we will bunko you will bunko they will bunko
Future Perfect I will have bunkoed you will have bunkoed he/she/it will have bunkoed we will have bunkoed you will have bunkoed they will have bunkoed
Future Continuous I will be bunkoing you will be bunkoing he/she/it will be bunkoing we will be bunkoing you will be bunkoing they will be bunkoing
Present Perfect Continuous I have been bunkoing you have been bunkoing he/she/it has been bunkoing we have been bunkoing you have been bunkoing they have been bunkoing
Future Perfect Continuous I will have been bunkoing you will have been bunkoing he/she/it will have been bunkoing we will have been bunkoing you will have been bunkoing they will have been bunkoing
Past Perfect Continuous I had been bunkoing you had been bunkoing he/she/it had been bunkoing we had been bunkoing you had been bunkoing they had been bunkoing
Conditional I would bunko you would bunko he/she/it would bunko we would bunko you would bunko they would bunko
Past Conditional I would have bunkoed you would have bunkoed he/she/it would have bunkoed we would have bunkoed you would have bunkoed they would have bunkoed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend:
Noun 1. bunko - a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless propertysting operation - a complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
swindle ,
cheat ,
rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"
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