“I’VE BEEN ROOKED”.

February 15, 2019 at 6:59 PM · Literature, Shakespeare, Theater

“I’VE BEEN ROOKED”. Was the use of “to rook” to refer to fraud found in Shakespeare’s time? I checked the Online Etymology Dictionary, which has this entry: “rook (v.) “to defraud by cheating” (originally especially in a game), 1590s….”