grifter

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪftɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪftə/

Noun

grifter (plural grifters)

A con man. Someone who pulls confidence games.
1939. "We're all grifters. So we sell each other out for a nickel". The Big Sleep. Raymond Chandler

1958. "That was the train the drunks and the sinners rode—the gambling men and the grifters, the big-time spenders, the skirt-chasers, and all the jolly crew". That Hell-Bound Train. Robert Bloch

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