grift
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Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪft
Noun [edit]
grift (plural grifts)
- a confidence game or swindle.
- as in "What's the Grift?" or "What are you trying to pull?"
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:deception
Translations [edit]
con game — see con game
Verb [edit]
grift (third-person singular simple present grifts, present participle grifting, simple past and past participle grifted)
- (transitive) To obtain illegally, as by con game.
- (intransitive) To obtain money illegally.
