grift
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡɹɪft/
grift (plural grifts)
- (US, slang) A confidence game or swindle. [from 1906]
- Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?
- See also Thesaurus:deception
grift (grifts, present participle grifting; past and past participle grifted)
- (transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. [from early 20th c.]
- (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money illegally. [from early 20th c.]
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