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Definition of Grifter

a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Similar Words: swindler, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, sharper, sharpie, sharpy

Hyponyms: cardsharp, card sharp, cardsharper, card sharper, card shark, clip artist, confidence man, con man, con artist, welcher, welsher

Derivational Morphology: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con, extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring, cheat, rip off, chisel

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