| 单词 | grifter |
| 释义 | grifter (once / 100164 pages) n A grifter is a con artist: someone who swindles people out of money through fraud. If there's one type of person you don't want to trust, it's a grifter: someone who cheats others out of money. Grifters are also known as chiselers, defrauders, gougers, scammers, swindlers, and flim-flam men. Selling a bridge and starting a Ponzi scheme are things a grifter might do. The difference between a grifter and a thief is a grifter tricks you out of money through lies, while the thief takes it by force. The end result is the same. WORD FAMILYgrifter: grifters USAGE EXAMPLESOr, in contrast, the erotic charge of the scene in The Grifters in which Annette Bening’s character runs naked down a corridor. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) Trading Places stars Eddie Murphy as a poor, black grifter who is given a snooty, rich white man’s house. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) You would have grifters and cronies and unqualified loyalists, but what else? Slate(Nov 18, 2016) n a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud Syn|Hypo|Hyper chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, scammer, swindler card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games clip artista swindler who fleeces the victim con artist, con man, confidence mana swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim welcher, welshersomeone who swindles you by not repaying a debt or wager beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
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