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单词
grift
释义
grifter
grif‧ter
/
ˈɡrɪftə
$
-ər
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
grifter
Origin:
1900-2000
grift
‘hard work’
(20-21 centuries)
, perhaps from
graft
‘dishonest practices’
Examples
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Mecca for the
grifters
and drifters, the phonies and gold-brick men.
American English
informal
someone who dishonestly obtains something, especially money
—
grift
verb
[transitive]
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