Synonyms for Rook (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 ((chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard):
castle
WordNet sense 2 (deprive of by deceit):
bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, mulct, scam, swindle, victimize, nobble, short-change, hornswoggle, gip
WordNet sense 3 (common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow):
Corvus frugilegus
From the ODE community, based on WordNet
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