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1. A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
   - bunco [N. Amer], bunco game [N. Amer], bunko [N. Amer], bunko game [N. Amer], con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, hustle, sting, flimflam

1. Deprive of by deceit
   "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change";
   - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], ream [N. Amer], grift [N. Amer], bunko

Derived forms: gypped, gyps, gypping

Type of: cheat, chisel, rig, rip off, swindle

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