GRIFTER

swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter

(noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

grifter (plural grifters)

(informal, North America) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games.

Synonym: Thesaurus:confidence trickster

Source: Wiktionary



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(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole


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