bunces

Verb

bunce (third-person singular simple present bunces, present participle buncing, simple past and past participle bunced)

1. (archaic, slang, transitive) To obtain money from, by trickery.
   • In brief, you gentlemen who have been contributing to Charles Davis' salary have been bunced cleverly — if not cleverly, then completely. He has done less for more money than any other employe^([sic]) in the city.1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 141

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