rook (n.)

  1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

    [ Syn: castle ]

  2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

    [ Syn: corvus frugilegus ]

    rook (v.)

  1. 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 ]

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