grifter
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈɡrɪftər/
- Slang
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- Many unsuspecting tourists fell for the grifter's trick and lost their money.
- grifters and con
- artists—aka grifters
- little grifter
They are grifters, frauds, liars and entitled brats.
- They are grifters, frauds, liars and entitled brats.
- This is a misogynist grifter, a liar, a con man.
- From CEOs to doctors to politicians, from stalkers to con men, from Ponzi schemers to grifters.
- From CE OS to doctors to politicians, from stalkers to con men, from Ponzi schemers to grifters.
- He's just a grifter and A and a buffoon and, and just like an absolute blowhard liar.
- There were criminals, scammers, grifters, over leveraged business models that should never have been implemented.
- And the really shrewd grifters keep on changing their grift with culture and they're constantly adjusting.
- If you had a Dyne attack in high school, there's no real path for you other than Internet stock grifter.
- And, and that's what these grifters have certainly discovered.
- So that of course is Copeland, the nut job grifter pastor.
- He debased himself when he married that horrible grifter woman.
- But the common thread and the term that kind of underlies it is grifter.
- I asked on Twitter a while ago what grifter or shill means for the people who do use it.
Examples
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He's a grifter.
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Trump surrounded himself with grifters and con artists.
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Did this grifter leave a signature of any kind?
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A little experience, proper teaching... ...he could be the greatest grifter this old river's ever seen.
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This guy is a grifter extraordinaire beyond anything.
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She's a grifter, just like her brother.
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But any small-time grifter who ever dealt off the bottom of a deck can tell you that.
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I've come in contact with grifters who achieved some level of success.
Blog text (15) -
Checks are for bankers and grifters.
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The "peace process" has become yet another form of rental income collected by grifters who fleece the unwary traveler.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
153
3.9
A dishonest person who cheats or steals
51
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
20
4.0
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
20
6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
15
5.4
A person who tricks people to take their money
14
9.9
A dishonest person who tricks or harms other people
13
7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
5
9.3
A person who forces or tricks others to give money
3
9.8
A person who cheats others by lying and taking their money
1
7.9
A person who gets money by lying to or tricking people
1
9.9
A person who cheats people to get money
1
9.9
A person who cheats others to get money or things
1
8.9
A person who hides their real skill to win unfairly in contests
1
9.9
A person who steals or cheats others to take their money
1
7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
A person who tricks people to get their money or things
A person who charges too much for goods or services
A person who takes money unfairly by accepting bribes
A dishonest banker or financial worker who takes money from people unfairly
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A person who cheats others with tricks or fake deals
A person who cheats others to get small amounts of money
A person who tricks others using clever talk to take their money
A mean, dishonest person who takes more than they should
How Dishonest
- Slang
16
9.1
40
4.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grifter comes from the old slang grift, which means 'to cheat' or 'to swindle'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a grifter as someone who uses small tricks to take your money.