- grift informal,
- grift informal,chiefly USverb engage in petty swindling.noun a petty swindle.Derivativesgrifter nounOriginearly 20th cent.: alt. of graft2.
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grifter — grift|er [ grıftər ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who tricks people into giving them their money or possessions … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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grifter — noun (C) AmE informal someone who dishonestly obtains something, especially money grift verb (T) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
corruption — noun 1) political corruption Syn: dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double dealing, fraud, fraudulence, misconduct, crime, criminality, wrongdoing; bribery, venality, extortion, profiteering, payola; informal graft, grift, crookedness … Thesaurus of popular words
