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Bookmark or Share- GRIFTER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionarynoun [ C ] mainly US informal uk / ˈɡrɪf.tə r/ us / ˈɡrɪf.tɚ /. Add to word list. someone who gets money dishonestly by tricking people: She fell for a charming, fast-talking grifter. Synonym. con artist. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Miscellaneous criminals.
- Grifting - definition of grifting by The Free Dictionary1. the practice of obtaining money by swindles, frauds, etc. 2. money obtained from such practices. v.i. 3. to profit by the use of grift. v.t. 4. to obtain (profit) by grift. [1910–15; perhaps alter. of graft 2]
- Grift Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of GRIFT is to obtain (money or property) illicitly (as in a confidence game). Did you know?
- Grifter - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comA grifter is a con artist: someone who swindles people out of money through fraud. If there's one type of person you don't want to trust, it's a grifter: someone who cheats others out of money. Grifters are also known as chiselers, defrauders, gougers, scammers, swindlers, and flim-flam men.
- Is it 'Grifter' or 'Grafter'? - Merriam-WebsterTo 'grift' is 'to obtain (money) illicitly (as in a confidence game).' 'Graft' is 'something (as money or advantage) gotten in a dishonest way and especially by betraying a public trust.'.
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