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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]