rook

Noun

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

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

Verb

• deprive of by deceit
  • 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Corvus frugilegus , castle