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grift

grift [ grift ]


noun  (plural grifts)
Definition:
 
1. fraud: a swindle or confidence game

2. proceeds from fraud: money made from a swindle or confidence game



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle grift·ed, present participle grift·ing, 3rd person present singular grifts)
Definition:
 
swindle somebody: to carry out a swindle, or obtain something by swindling

[Early 20th. Probably alteration of graft2]

grift·er noun
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