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Definition of Grifter
1. Noun. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Specialized synonyms: Card Shark, Card Sharp, Card Sharper, Cardsharp, Cardsharper, Sharper, Sharpie, Sharpy, Clip Artist, Con Artist, Con Man, Confidence Man, Welcher, Welsher
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Derivative terms: Chisel, Chisel, Chisel, Chisel, Defraud, Gouge, Scam, Swindle
Definition of Grifter
1. Noun. A con man. Someone who pulls confidence games. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grifter
1. a swindler [n -S] - See also: swindler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grifter
Literary usage of Grifter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Civilisation of Sweden in Heathen Times by Oscar Montelius (1888)
"... and "passage-graves" (gang- grifter), of which we shall soon .speak. Of this
we may give the following proofs— 1. In the " kitchen-middens" we find no ..."
2. The Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia: An Essay on Comparative by Sven Nilsson (1868)
"The one kind we call passage-graves, or gallery-graves (gang-grifter); the other
dosar (dolmens). We shall first describe the former. ..."
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