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Verb: grift  grift
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Deprive of by deceit
    "He grifted me out of my inheritance";
    - swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer, informal], diddle [informal], bunco [N. Amer, informal], defraud, scam [informal], mulct, hornswoggle [N. Amer, informal], short-change, con [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], bunko [N. Amer, informal], fleece [informal]

Derived forms: grifted, grifts, grifting

Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], rip off [informal]

Encyclopedia: Grift