1. (

• castle ,
• rook

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

2. (

• rook ,
• Corvus_frugilegus

) common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow ;

1. (

• victimize ,
• swindle ,
• rook ,
• goldbrick ,
• nobble ,
• diddle ,
• bunco ,
• defraud ,
• scam ,
• mulct ,
• hornswoggle ,
• short-change ,
• con

) deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; ;