rook
noun
[ rʊk ]
• a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops.
rook
verb
• defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone).
• "police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked"
Similar:
swindle,
defraud,
cheat,
trick,
fleece,
dupe,
deceive,
exploit,
squeeze,
milk,
bleed,
fool,
take advantage of,
mislead,
delude,
hoax,
hoodwink,
bamboozle,
string along,
embezzle,
do,
con,
sting,
diddle,
rip off,
take for a ride,
pull a fast one on,
put one over on,
take to the cleaners,
bilk,
gull,
finagle,
fiddle,
swizzle,
swizz,
sell a pup to,
stiff,
euchre,
bunco,
hornswoggle,
gazump,
cozen,
sharp,
mulct,
Origin:
Old English hrōc, probably imitative and of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roek .
rook
noun
• a chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rock, based on Arabic ruḵḵ (of which the sense remains uncertain).
