I've been robbed, Rooked, cleared out of everything I possess," and tormented by recollections and by the impotence of his rage the unfortunate engineer beat the oak table with the back of his hand until his knuckles bled.
"Max Carrados"
Ernest Bramah
You've Rooked 'em, chiselled 'em out of a lot of cash, too.
"Northern Lights"
Gilbert Parker
To think of him house and homeless, Rooked by some landlady worse than any stepmother, was really too bad at his age.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce