Definition of Grifting

1. Verb. (present participle of grift) ¹

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Definition of Grifting

1. grift [v] - See also: grift

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grifting

griffes
griffin
griffins
griffithsin
griffon
griffon-vulture
griffon vulture
griffon vultures
griffonage
griffons
griffs
grift
grifted
grifter
grifters
grifting (current term)
grifts
grig
grigged
grigging
grigio
grigios
grigri
grigris
grigs
grike
grikes
grilf
grilfs
grill

Literary usage of Grifting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Town of East Greenwich and Adjacent Territory: From 1677 to 1877 by Daniel Howland Greene (1877)
"We annex a copy of a letter from Mrs. grifting as a specimen of a large number of letters received from her in answer to letters and contributions sent from ..."

2. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1880)
"1805, Nov. 13, Hastie. Angeline, and Daniel Hunt. 1798, Jan. 27, Hastie, George, and Angelina grifting. 1810, Nov. 8, Haughey, Hester, and Elijah Green. ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages of Real Property by Leonard Augustus Jones (1882)
"grifting, 3 Pick. (Mass.) Co. 19 NJ Eq. 488. 149, and cases cited; Holmes v. Stout, 10 7 Neal v. Perkerson, 61 Ga. ..."

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