A kind of swindling game or scheme, originally by means of cards or by a sham lottery, but now used for any swindling tactic.

To swindle by a bunko game or scheme; to cheat or victimize in any similar way, as by a confidence game, passing a bad check, etc.

a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

A book publishing format, about 6 inches by 4 inches. Smaller than the popular tankôbon format, the bunko format is often used to publish collected versions of older or archival manga series.