Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Money made dishonestly, as in a swindle.
- noun A swindle or confidence game.
- intransitive verb To engage in swindling or cheating.
- intransitive verb To obtain by swindling or cheating.
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- noun a
confidence game orswindle . - verb transitive To obtain illegally, as by
con game . - verb intransitive To obtain money illegally.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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'' 'Confidence games' '' (also known as "grift") are [[criminal]] enterprises in which the
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'' 'Confidence games' '' (also known as "grift") are [[criminal]] enterprises in which the
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He lent a certain grace to his grift, even value to whatever he grabbed.
Lorelei 2010
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This is the lady who keeps losing elections and who has set up a PAC as a grift operation to pay her rent?
SOTU Bores, Bachmann Riles, And For Some Reason, Christine O'Donnell Was Booked On Good Morning America: The Mediagasm Jason Linkins 2011
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He dissolves into roles, from game-show host Chuck Barris (2002's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) to a sex addict who feigns choking to grift restaurants (2008's Choke).
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He lent a certain grace to his grift, even value to whatever he grabbed.
Lorelei 2010
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He lent a certain grace to his grift, even value to whatever he grabbed.
Lorelei 2010
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This is the lady who keeps losing elections and who has set up a PAC as a grift operation to pay her rent?
SOTU Bores, Bachmann Riles, And For Some Reason, Christine O'Donnell Was Booked On Good Morning America: The Mediagasm Jason Linkins 2011
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He lent a certain grace to his grift, even value to whatever he grabbed.
Lorelei 2010
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This is the lady who keeps losing elections and who has set up a PAC as a grift operation to pay her rent?
SOTU Bores, Bachmann Riles, And For Some Reason, Christine O'Donnell Was Booked On Good Morning America: The Mediagasm Jason Linkins 2011
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