different between swindle vs bunco

English

Etymology

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan; compare Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish ???????? (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sw?nd(?)l/
• Rhymes: -?nd?l

Verb

swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)

1. (transitive) To defraud.

   The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

   She swindled more than £200 out of me.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceive
• (to be swindled): be sold a pup (idiomatic, British, Australian)
• (to defraud): swizz (informal, mainly British)

Translations

Noun

swindle (plural swindles)

1. An instance of swindling.
2. Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deception
• scheme
• swizz (informal, mainly British)

Translations

Anagrams

• Windles, wildens, windles

English

Alternative forms

• bunko

Etymology

Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Noun

bunco (countable and uncountable, plural buncos or buncoes)

1. (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
2. (uncountable) 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.
3. A brigand.

Derived terms

• bunco squad
• bunco-steerer

Verb

bunco (third-person singular simple present buncos, present participle buncoing, simple past and past participle buncoed)

1. (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).