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Grift

/ɡɹɪft/

A confidence game or swindle.

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📖 Definitions of "Grift"

noun

1
A confidence game or swindle.
"Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?"

verb

1
To obtain illegally, as by con game.
2
To obtain money illegally.
3
To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grift"

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Word	Definition
cheatnoun	(countable) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
shortchangeverb	(transitive) To defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction.
robnoun	A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
connoun	(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
pinchnoun	The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
screwnoun	A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
quiffnoun	(UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s.
gleeknoun	(informal) A stream of saliva from a person's mouth.
humbugnoun	(countable, slang) A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
glozingnoun	The act of one who glozes; flattery; deceit.
smooth-talknoun	Alternative form of smooth talk. [Glib flattery and persuasion.]
bluffnoun	(countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
claptrapnoun	Empty verbiage or nonsense.
shuck and jivenoun	(slang, offensive, derogatory) Deceit.
tricknoun	Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
rassingnoun	(naval slang) The transfer of fuel, munitions, or stores from one vessel to another while under way.
lirtnoun	(UK dialectal) Deception; guile.
grutchnoun	A complaint.
blaguenoun	Mendacious boasting that lacks seriousness; falsehood or humbug, especially when it is told mockingly or without the expectation that anyone believes it.
swack-upnoun	(dated, British, school slang) A lie; a falsehood.