rook

A chess piece that may move in a straight line over any number of empty squares in a rank or file.

A Eurasian corvid (Corvus frugilegus) having black plumage with a patch of bare skin around the base of the bill, and nesting in colonies near the tops of trees.

A swindler or cheat, especially at games.

To swindle; cheat.

Same as ruck.

A kind of crow, Corvus frugilegus, abundant in Europe.

The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida.

A cheat; a trickster or swindler; one who practises the “plucking of pigeons.” See pigeon, 2.

A simpleton; a gull; one liable to be cheated.