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rook1 (rŏŏk)

[Middle English rok, from Old English hrōc.]

noun 

  1. An Old World bird (Corvus frugilegus) that resembles the North American crow and nests in colonies near the tops of trees.
  2. A swindler or cheat, especially at games.

transitive verb: rooked, rook·ing, rooks. 

To swindle; cheat: Customers are afraid of being rooked by unscrupulous vendors.
rook2 (rŏŏk)

[Middle English rok, from Old French roc, from Arabic ruḫḫ, from Persian.]

noun 

A chess piece that may move in a straight line over any number of empty squares in a rank or file. Also called castle