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rook1

Pronunciation: /rʊk/

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Definition of rook

noun

a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops.
- Corvus frugilegus, family Corvidae

verb

[with object] informal

defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone): police files are overflowing with complaints from people who’ve been rooked that lawyer rooked me out of it