单词 | grift |
释义 | grift (ɡrɪft ) [mainly US] Word forms: grifts, grifting, grifted 1. countable noun & uncountable noun Grift is getting money by cheating someone. A grift is an example of this. You've got to hand it to her: she's certainly got a gift for grift. He plays an ex-con blackmailed into committing one more grift. 2. verb To grift is to get money by cheating someone. To grift someone is to do this. They know they've been grifted but are not yet ready to admit it. He doesn't hide the money he grifts from the sick and the hopeless; he broadcasts it. grifterWord forms: grifters countable noun They're grifters, chancers, liars and thieves. Many see her as a loathsome, opportunistic grifter. |
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