Rook

/ɹʊk/

Synonyms for "rook" (96 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Noun(5 words)

castle bilk birdcastle piececheat

beat beguilebeguile ofbilk bishop bleed bunco burn castle cheat chessman chisel chousechouse out of

Verb(1 words)

bunco

Strong matches (28)

clip cogcog the dicecon cozen crib defraud diddledo indo out ofdupe euchre finagle flam fleece flimflam fob

Verb(3 words)

con defraud diddle

Noun(8 words)

conman corvidcorvus frugileguscrow deceiver defraud fortress fraudster

Related words (48)

fudge gouge gull gyp have hocus hocus-pocus hoodwink king knight magpie man milk mulctpack the dealpawn piece pigeonpractice fraud uponprey

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queen ramp scam screwsell gold bricksshave shortchangestack the cardsstick sting sweat swindletake a divethimblerigthrow a fighttrick victimize

Verb(8 words)

goldbrick hornswoggle mulct nobble scam short-change swindle victimize

Noun(3 words)

swindle swindler tower

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5 relation types

More general

13 entries

bird cheatchess piecechessman chisel corvidcorvine birdcriminal deceiver deception fraudgame piecerip off

More specific

8 entries

adult rookcon gameconfidence manconfidence trickjuvenile rookrook endgamescam scammer

Collocations

11 entries

be rookedcastle rookchess rookrook colonyrook endgamerook moverooked dealrooked investorsrooked moneyrooked victimsrooking someone

Inflections

3 entries

rooked rooking rooks

Derivations

7 entries

rooked rookedness rooker rookery rooking rookish rooks

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A rook is a chess piece.

Source: tatoeba (545406)

The word "rook" comes from Sanskrit and means "chariot".

Source: tatoeba (545411)

To the crow family belong the raven, the rook and the magpie.

Source: tatoeba (676931)

It's not a raven, a crow, nor a magpie. It's a rook.

Source: tatoeba (2703204)

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