rook

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
2. noun A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
3. noun A bad deal; a rip-off.
4. noun A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
5. noun A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
6. noun A parson.
7. verb To cheat or swindle.
8. noun A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.

Similar words

castle nobble gyp swindle bunco defraud diddle con mulct corvus frugilegus

Often followed by

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Word family

castle rooked rooking rooks