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rook
I. \ˈru̇k\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rok, rook, from Old English hrōc; akin to Old High German hruoh, ruoho rook, Old Norse hrōkr rook, Gothic hrukjan to crow, Greek krōzein, krazein to croak, Sanskrit khargalā owl, Old English hræfn raven — more at raven
1.
a. : a common Old World gregarious bird (Corvus frugilegus) about the size and color of the American crow with the skin about the base of the bill becoming bare, scabrous, and whitish with age
b. : ruddy duck
2. : a cheat or swindler especially in gaming
3. obsolete : one easily deceived : dupe
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to defraud by cheating or swindling
< arrested for rooking the public in door-to-door campaigns — Time >
< takes to the market and gets rooked — Commonweal >
2. obsolete : to take or steal (as goods or money) by cheating
intransitive verb
obsolete : to engage in cheating
III. noun
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Etymology: Middle English rok, roke, from Middle French roc, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian
: a piece in a set of chessmen that moves parallel to the sides of the board across any number of unoccupied squares — called also castle |