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発音

• IPA: /ɡɹɪft/
• 韻: -ɪft

名詞

grift (plural grifts)

1. (US, slang) A confidence game or swindle. [from 1906]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deception

   Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?

   • 2022, Paul McAuley, Beyond the Burn Line, Gollancz, page 172:

     ‘Sounds like he’s trying to stretch out his grift for as long as possible,’ Gentle said. ‘Taking as much from his followers as he can before it falls apart.’

派生語

動詞

grift (third-person singular simple present grifts, present participle grifting, simple past and past participle grifted)

1. (transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. [from early 20th c.]
2. (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money illegally. [from early 20th c.]
3. (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.

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