Grift

Word GRIFT
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ɡɹɪft/

Definitions and meanings of "Grift"

What do we mean by grift?

Money made dishonestly, as in a swindle. noun

A swindle or confidence game. noun

To engage in swindling or cheating. intransitive verb

To obtain by swindling or cheating. intransitive verb

A confidence game or swindle. noun

To obtain illegally, as by con game. verb

To obtain money illegally. verb

A confidence game or swindle.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Grift

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The word "grift" in example sentences

'' 'Confidence games' '' (also known as "grift") are [[criminal]] enterprises in which the ❋ Unknown (2009)

He lent a certain grace to his grift, even value to whatever he grabbed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He dissolves into roles, from game-show host Chuck Barris (2002's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) to a sex addict who feigns choking to grift restaurants (2008's Choke). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Daunting Latinate terms like "consubstantial" are tools in the grift. ❋ Michele Somerville (2011)

This is the lady who keeps losing elections and who has set up a PAC as a grift operation to pay her rent? ❋ Jason Linkins (2011)

Jump cut to a couple of decades later, when a post-nose-job Danny is still working that grift on unsuspecting girls 20 years his junior. ❋ Ann Hornaday (2011)

October 9, 2009 11: 00 AM ah grift, the alternate universe thing, awesome. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In this sense, the imminent healthcare bill appears to be little more than an elaborate grift -- or as Dave Lindorff colorfully refers to it, "rip-offs, screwjobs, and flim-flam." ❋ Unknown (2010)

And we ended stirringly by requesting, insisting, demanding that this escrow grift cease immediately. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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