rook
n 1: the chessman that can move any number of unoccupied squares
in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
[syn: {castle}]
2: common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of
the American crow [syn: {Corvus frugilegus}]
v : deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"
[syn: {swindle}, {nobble}, {diddle}, {bunco}, {defraud},
{mulct}, {gyp}, {con}]