(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
[ Syn: castle ]
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
[ Syn: corvus frugilegus ]
rook (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 , goldbrick , nobble , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gyp , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con ]