a gregarious Eurasian crow with black plumage and a bare face, nesting in colonies in treetops

defraud, overcharge, or swindle (someone)

police files are overflowing with complaints from people who've been rooked

that lawyer rooked me out of it

a chess piece, typically with its top in the shape of a battlement, that can move in any direction along a rank or file on which it stands. Each player starts the game with two rooks at opposite ends of the first rank