- grift
- 1. nouna confidence game or swindle.
as in "Whats the Grift?" or "What are you trying to pull?"
2. verba) To obtain illegally, as by con game.b) To obtain money illegally.
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Grift — Fossa Eugeniana (wasserführender Teil) Gewässerkennzahl DE: 28544 Lage Stadt Geldern, Kreis Kleve, Nordrhein Westfalen, Deutschland Flusssystem … Deutsch Wikipedia
grift — /grift/, Slang. n. 1. (sometimes used with a pl. v.) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc. 2. money obtained from such practices. v.i. 3. to profit by the use of grift: a man… … Universalium
grift — grift; grift·er; … English syllables
Grift — Grift, Fluß in der niederländischen Provinz Geldern; entspringt im Bezirk Arnheim, bei Apeldoorn, u. mündet bei Hattem in die Yssel … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
grift — 1906 (n.); 1915 (v.), U.S. underworld slang, perhaps a corruption of GRAFT (Cf. graft) (2) … Etymology dictionary
grift — [n] swindle cheating, confidence game, con game*, deceit, dirty pool*, double dealing*, extortion, fix, fraud, racket*, rip off*, scam, shady deal*, shell game*, stealing, sting, trickery; concepts 59,139,192 … New thesaurus
grift|er — «GRIHF tuhr», noun. Slang. 1. a person who operates a wheel of chance or similar device, as at a fair, amusement park, or circus. 2. = swindler. (Cf. ↑swindler) … Useful english dictionary
grift — verb Etymology: grift, noun, perhaps alteration of graft Date: 1915 transitive verb to obtain (money) illicitly (as in a confidence game) intransitive verb to acquire money or property illicitly • grift noun • grifter noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
grift — [[t]grɪft[/t]] Slang. 1) sts the practice of obtaining money by swindles, frauds, etc 2) sts money obtained from such practices 3) sts to profit by the use of grift 4) sts to obtain (profit) by grift • Etymology: 1910–15; perh. alter. of graft II … From formal English to slang
grift — n. obtaining of money by cheating, fraud v. obtain money by grift; engage in cheating; con somebody … English contemporary dictionary
