['bʌŋkәu]
n.
诈骗的输赢, 诈欺

[ noun ]
a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
<noun.act>

Bunko \Bun"ko\, n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at
cards. Cf. {Bank} (in the commercial sense).]
A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of
cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling
tactic. [Written also {bunco}.]


Bunko \Bun"ko\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunkoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bunkoing}.]
To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize
in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad
check, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Bunko steerer}, a person employed as a decoy in bunko.
[Slang, U.S.]

Bunco \Bun"co\, n.
see {bunko}. [Written also {bunko}.]
[PJC]