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bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence game, con game, cozenage, holdout, hustle, shell game, short, short-change, sting, swiz, thimblerig

bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence game, confidence trick, con game, flimflam, hustle, sting

beat, rip off, sell short

defraud, diddle, mulct, nobble, rook