goniff
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- noun
- /ɡəˈnɪf/
- Offensive
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ratero
Examples
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This is why there is a rov who calls Pinter "The Energizer Goniff" because "he keeps stealing and stealing..."
Blog text (33) -
The man who took out Vincent Coll, who held Jack Diamond's ear so he could put the gun in his mouth, who found the rackets he was too stupid to find for himself, who made him more than the low-down goniff that he is.
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In fact, I want you to phone those goniffs over at Gotham Insurance and tell them—Selina.
Fiction book (1992) -
That's funny, That's very funny, That's very funny, Bernie, Are you gonna do it, or sit there like a cheap goniff guzzling my beer?
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"Now suppose, gang, that you walk into this goniff's office - Washburn is his name - you stroll into his office and inform the gink that you've got a boy who can act rings around Dinky?
Fiction book (1998) -
2. Israel is into petty land theft and nickel-dime expropriations of Palestinian taxes; this is not being heroic; this is being a goniff and a schnorrer (as my old mother-in-law would have put it).
Blog text (34) -
He was such a goniff that no one trusted him with their money.
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The notorious goniff was caught stealing from the local store.
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Everyone in the neighborhood knew he was a goniff who would lie and cheat for his gain.
Synonyms
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A person who steals or cheats others to take their money
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A person who steals from others
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A person who cheats people to get money
A person who steals from or cheats other people
Antonyms
How Dishonest
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word goniff comes from Yiddish and before that from Hebrew ganav, which means 'thief'. So calling someone a goniff today is a way to say they are a thief or a dishonest person.