Definitions For Grift
Verb
{{en-verb}} (transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. from early 20th c. (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money illegally. from early 20th c. (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.Noun
GRIFT (plural GRIFTs) (US, slang) A confidence game or swindle. from 1906 : Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?Synonyms
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con gameEtymology
American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), thinning alteration of graft.{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary}}A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American, Eric Partridge (2015), Word Origins...And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone, Anatoly Liberman (2009), The lighter sound (‘a’ → ‘i’, /ɑː/ or /æ/ → /ɪ/) is associated with more subtle, sophisticated crime; compare swindle.Is Grift a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10
The word Grift is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends