1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
   "He protected his king by castling with the rook";
   - castle
    
2. Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and colour of the American crow
   "Rooks gathered noisily in the old oak trees";
   - Corvus frugilegus

1. Deprive of by deceit
   "He rooked me out of my inheritance";
   - swindle, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], mulct, hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], grift [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], fleece [informal]

Derived forms: rooked, rooks, rooking

Type of: cheat, chess piece, chessman, chisel [informal], corvine bird, rip off [informal]

Part of: Corvus, genus Corvus

Encyclopedia: Rook, John