noun
- a petty swindle or confidence game
Usage: slang
verb
- to obtain money dishonestly through petty swindles or confidence games
Usage: slang
Examples
- The street performer’s card trick was just a grift to pick pockets.
- He ran a simple grift selling fake designer watches.
- The con artist would grift tourists outside the train station.
- She learned to grift from watching her uncle’s schemes.
- The police warned about a new grift targeting elderly residents.
- They would grift unsuspecting customers with rigged carnival games.