1. swindling or cheating someone through a confidence game or fraudulent scheme
Usage: informal

Examples

• The con artist was buncoing tourists outside the train station.
• He made a living buncoing unsuspecting victims with fake investment schemes.
• The police arrested three men for buncoing elderly residents.
• She realized too late that someone had been buncoing her for months.
• The detective specialized in cases involving criminals buncoing small business owners.