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PRONUNCIATION OF BUNCO SQUAD

bunco squad  [ˈbʊŋkəʊ skwɒd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUNCO SQUAD

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bunco squad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUNCO SQUAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bunco squad in the English dictionary

The definition of bunco squad in the dictionary is an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUNCO SQUAD


Awadh
əˈwɒd
godsquad
ˈɡɒdˌskwɒd
quad
kwɒd
quod
kwɒd
squad
skwɒd
swad
swɒd
tightwad
ˈtaɪtˌwɒd
wad
wɒd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUNCO SQUAD

bunce
bunch
bunchberries
bunchberry
Bunche
bunches
bunchgrass
bunchier
bunchiest
bunchily
bunchiness
bunchy
bunco
bunco artist
buncombe
bund

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUNCO SQUAD

Crime Squad
death squad
demolition squad
drug squad
drugs squad
firing squad
flying squad
Fraud Squad
hit squad
Murder Squad
Narcotics Squad
Obscene Publications Squad
riot squad
snatch squad
vice squad

Synonyms and antonyms of bunco squad in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bunco squad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUNCO SQUAD

Find out the translation of bunco squad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bunco squad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bunco squad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

行骗阵容
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escuadrón bunco
570 millions of speakers

English

bunco squad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bunco दस्ते
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فرقة bunco
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Обман отряд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bunco squad
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বনকো স্কোয়াড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bunco équipe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skuad bunco
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bunco Kader
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いかさま隊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마약, 사기 대표팀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bunco squad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đội lừa gạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Bunco அணியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंको पथक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bunco kadrosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Bunco squadra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bunco skład
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обман загін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bunco echipă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bunco ομάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bunco span
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bunco trupp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bunco troppen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bunco squad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNCO SQUAD»

The term «bunco squad» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUNCO SQUAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bunco squad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUNCO SQUAD»

Discover the use of bunco squad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bunco squad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cons and Frauds
When a con job is reported, the bunco squad may gather evidence against the criminals by using an undercover agent. In other words, the police provide the criminal with a mark, one who is wearing modern surveillance equipment.
Michael Benson, 2009
2
The DeValera Deception
Cockran was ushered into the large wood-paneled office of Andrew Sinclair, publisher of the Chicago American, introducing himself as James O'Malley, a detective with the Chicago Police Department's Bunco Squad, briefly flashing his badge ...
Michael McMenamin, Patrick McMenamin, 2013
3
Realm of Unknowing: Meditations on Art, Suicide, and Other ...
It is devilishly hard to find anything, and I am on the brink of losing patience when I set up an appointment with Rosemary Hanes at the Library of Congress to screen Bunco Squad and The Cisco Kid and the Lady in Washington in September.
Mark Rudman, 2011
4
Chief Executive Officer
Finally, Buddy got the point that something was going on he should hear about. “ And that was,” Billy had said while trying to control the anticipation in his voice. The news finally fell like a hammer blow. “Apparently, the bunco squad and some  ...
Mark Hanson, 2000
5
The Flowered Thundermug
That's our nickname for him on the Bunco Squad. And now, if you will be good enough to slip out under cover of darkness, using a little-known door in the back garden, me and my associates will begin our simulated domestic duties. We have  ...
Alfred Bester, 2008
6
Single Season Sitcoms, 1948-1979: A Complete Guide
said by Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) to wife Alice on The Honeymooners. 4. “The Bunco Squad, the Bunco Squad, the Bunco Squad”—the phrase on which Yoyo (John Schuck) always gets stuck on Holmes and Yoyo. 5. “C'mon, kids.
Bob Leszczak, 2012
7
Afi: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ...
House of Strangers A Letter to Three Wives Port of New York 1950 Bunco Squad Kansas Raiders Samson and Delilah Kellogg, Kay Twelve O'Clock High 1942 Stagecoach Buckaroo Kellogg, Ray 1949 Come to the Stable Down to the Sea in  ...
Patricia King Hanson, American Film Institute, Amy Dunkleberger, 1999
8
Fiddle Game: A Herman Jackson Mystery
But the information about Evans being on the Bunco Squad was certainly interesting. Not Homicide at all, but the division that dealt with con games and grifts. My, my, my. I would also have liked to find out what case Evans was officially ...
Richard A Thompson, 2011
9
Institutional Life: Family, Schools, Race, and Religion
... the bunco squad insisted that a con man, newly arrived in the city, would be subject to arrest unless he sought out a member of the squad and made a payment of $20.00. This gave the con man the privilege of operating; but, if a victim made ...
Neil L. Shumsky, 1996
10
Weekly World News
"He's one smooth operator — he has taken in hundreds of victims," said a spokesman for the bunco squad. The silver-tongued con artist tells people the amazing Moon Water can cure arthritis, reverse the aging process by 20 years, increase ...

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUNCO SQUAD»

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1
When Is Fortune-Telling a Crime?
According to Gregory Ovanessian, director emeritus of the Bunco squad and a retired San Francisco detective, “In more and more jurisdictions, ... «The Atlantic, Nov 14»
2
Ellie Van Houtte/Town Crier
... asked to help the Los Altos Kiwanis Club start a fundraiser to make more scholarship money - call in the new version of the Bunco squad. «Los Altos Town Crier, Sep 14»
3
McCoy tipping flap illustrates need for diners to get tough
Somebody should call the bunco squad. Waiters or waitresses who disappear for long periods or ignore us as they walk past our table get a 3 ... «Allentown Morning Call, Sep 14»
4
The Sting: Collector's Edition (Digibook)
Hooker also has to worry about the cops when crooked Lt. Snyder (Charles Durning) from the Bunco squad coming looking for his cut of the ... «High-Def Digest, Mar 12»
5
Confidence Trick
In an episode of Dragnet from the late nineteen-sixties, Joe Friday is assigned to the “bunco squad,” where he and his partner, Bill Gannon, ... «Columbia Journalism Review, Jan 12»
6
Brooklyn history comes alive in three new books
Like a tenacious, old-fashioned Brooklyn bunco squad detective, Murphy throws the book at the O'Malley revisionists with painstaking historical ... «New York Daily News, Sep 09»
7
Dirty rotten scammers
I think having the local bunco squad paying a call on these thieves would add a welcome bit of festivity to their gatherings. They are vermin ... «ScienceBlogs, Jun 09»
8
Oscar, the world's most recognizable trophy, is made in Chicago
Frankly, the place looks like something out of a '40s B-movie, ripe for a late-night raid by the bunco squad. Don't be fooled by surface ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jan 08»
9
'Mere Anarchy'
... articulated to insulate against the unreasonableness of Bunco Squad malcontents, presented Therapeutic Ironisers, Vortex Water Energizers, ... «New York Times, Nov 07»

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