Synonym: Corvus frugilegus, bunco, castle, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize. Similar words: by hook or by crook, brook, crook, rookie, brooks, crooked, rookery, brooklyn. Meaning: [rʊk] 
n. 1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard 2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow. v. deprive of by deceit.
n. 1. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard 2. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow. v. deprive of by deceit. 
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1. He developed his rook by castling.
2. He sacrificed a rook in order to win his opponent's queen.
3. She captured the rook with her bishop on the 32nd move.
4. After she had taken my rook, there was nothing I could really do except resign.
5. Out of the sky another rook flew and wheeled and then landed at the entrance to the place.
6. The rook made them both, giving the Raptors their first lead since 47-46.
7. Confusion can arise over the identification of the rook and the crow.
8. This was sacrificing a pawn to save a rook.
9. Invade with rook to produce a passed pawn.
10. Chess includes rook, knight, bishop, queen, king and pawn.
11. Who'll be the parson? I, said the Rook, With my little book, I'll be the parson.
12. This unexpected move serves to draw the black rook into the game.
13. I, said Rook, With my little book, I'll be the person.
14. The rook that makes the castling move has not yet moved in the game.
15. You will never win the heart of a rook or the mind of a knight.
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16. All squares between the rook and king before the castling move are empty.
17. Does anyone sorrow for the rook, shot and hung up as a scarecrow?
18. Take . take it all . rook to king, Oh I've been guarding something.
19. I, said the Rook.
20. Under certain , special rules, a king and rook can move simultaneously in a castling move.
21. I think I should have given check at move 23 instead of trying to find a safer square for the rook.
22. A wonderful defensive move which prevents ... b5 even though in other respects the rook lands on a rather clumsy square.
23. He was not a fighting mole, but something in him made him change his course and start suddenly after the rook.
24. With more skilful manoeuvring, Short surrounded Karpov's king's pawn and invaded with his rook.
25. The game was adjourned after 63 moves, with Speelman trying to win with rook and bishop against rook and pawn.
26. Black feels constrained by the threat of xe8 to capture the white rook which has been en prise for nine consecutive moves.
27. Speelman was almost apologetic about his efforts to win the adjourned fourth game, with Rook and Bishop against Rook.
28. Out of a group of trees near by a rook flew, winging its way leisurely across the Park towards him.
29. Another caracara, the crested, also nests on Sea-lion but is nowhere near as tame and confiding as the Johnny rook.
30. An hour later he was in Chesney, having seen no animate thing but two bumble bees and a rook.