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rook

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rook in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. deprive of by deceit
    "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
    victimize  swindle  rook  goldbrick  nobble  diddle  bunco  defraud  scam  mulct  gyp  gip  hornswoggle  short-change  con 
noun
  1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
    castle  rook 
  2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
    rook  Corvus frugilegus 
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