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Bunco vs Banco - What's the difference?

bunco | banco |

As a noun bunco

is (us|slang) a swindle or confidence trick.

As a verb bunco

is (transitive|intransitive|us|slang) to swindle (someone).

As a proper noun banco is

banquo.

bunco

English

Alternative forms

* bunko

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
  • A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
  • Derived terms

    * bunco squad * bunco-steerer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1910
  • , year_published=2012 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Erwin Rosen , title=In the Legion , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=They felt very sorry (so they said) for the poor old eleventh company having been buncoed into taking such an awful pack of useless recruits. }}

    banco

    English

    Adjective

  • a type of court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court. See also en banc.
  • Noun

  • (attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.
  • banco money
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