1. swindled or cheated, especially through a confidence game
Usage: informal; past tense of bunco

Examples

• The elderly man was buncoed out of his life savings by fake investment advisors.
• She realized she had been buncoed when the product never arrived.
• The tourists were buncoed by street vendors selling counterfeit goods.
• He felt embarrassed after being buncoed by such an obvious scam.
• The police warned residents about criminals who had buncoed several homeowners.
• They were buncoed into paying twice the normal price for the repairs.