rook

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

(noun) common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow. Synonyms: Corvus frugilegus.

(verb) deprive of by deceit. Synonyms: victimize, swindle, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con. Examples: "He swindled me out of my inheritance." "She defrauded the customers who trusted her." "The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change."