a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
[ Syn: bunco , bunco game , bunko , bunko game , con , confidence trick , confidence game , con game , hustle , sting , flimflam ]
gyp (n.)
deprive of by deceit; He swindled me out of my inheritance; She defrauded the customers who trusted her; the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
[ Syn: victimize , swindle , rook , goldbrick , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con ]