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to grift

to grift

1 8.9
To cheat people to get money
  • verb
  • /ɡrɪft/
  • Slang
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  • Did you actually think you could grift a meal out of me?

And like that stuff like grifting these people.

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Examples

  • If you saved a little bit, you wouldn't have to grift.

  • And then these people also have a side hustle where they grift to the MAGA base.

  • Even at the very end of his presidency, Donald Trump is grifting his own supporters out of their money.

  • Yes, Rush makes his living grifting the suckers.

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  • They'll never figure out how she grifted them with her post-2008 posturing over a run that never happened.

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  • Many con artists try to grift unsuspecting tourists in popular cities.

  • He thought he could grift people easily, but he was soon caught.

  • The scheme was designed to grift money from those who were already struggling.

Synonyms

to con
vsto grift
  • Informal
61 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

is a general term for cheating people to obtain money
to goldbrick
vsto grift
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To cheat someone out of money or things

is broader, covering cheating for money in many ways
to hornswoggle
vsto grift
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To trick someone to take their money or things

focuses generally on cheating people to obtain money
to gip
vsto grift
  • Offensive
9.9

To cheat someone by taking their money or things

is the neutral general act of cheating to get money
to swizz
vsto grift
  • Slang
9.9

To trick someone out of their money

is the basic idea of deceiving people to gain money
to fleeche
vsto grift
  • Archaic
9.9

To trick someone to take their money or goods

is the modern, commonly used term for cheating for money

How Dishonest

to defraud
  • Formal
40 6.9
to grift
  • Slang
1 8.9
to con
  • Informal
61 7.3
to rip off
  • Informal
76 6.5

Surface Forms

grift infinitive
grifted past
grifted past participle
grifting present participle
grifts third person singular

Etymology

The verb grift probably comes from the slang grifter, a con artist, and from words like graft, so think of it as a 'grab' by trick; that's why to grift someone is 'to cheat' or 'to take money by trick'.