rook

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

Similar word(s): castle

Definition categories: man–made, chessman

2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

Definition categories: animal

verb

1. deprive of by deceit

Similar word(s): bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, scam, swindle, victimize

Definition categories: social, cheat, chisel