rook
rook /ˈrʊk/
noun
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Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
(
Corvus frugilegus
, rook
)
common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
-
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
(
castle
, rook
)
(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
The rook moves in a straight line on the chessboard
The rook moves in a straight line on the chessboard
verb
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Deprive of by deceit
(
bunco
[Informal, N. American] , diddle
[Informal] , goldbrick
[Informal, N. American] , hornswoggle
[Informal, N. American] , mulct
, nobble
[Informal, British] , rook
, scam
[Informal] , short-change
, con
[Informal] , defraud
, swindle
, victimize
, grift
[Informal, N. American] )
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
She defrauded the customers who trusted her