grift

== English == === Etymology === American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft (“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, one's occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g. drift, etc., probably ultimately from Middle Dutch graft (“digging, ditch, canal, trench”) (modern Dutch gracht), related to Dutch graven (“to dig”), English grave (“to dig”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹɪft/ Rhymes: -ɪft === Noun === grift (plural grifts) (US, slang) A confidence game or swindle. [from 1906] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deception ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grift (third-person singular simple present grifts, present participle grifting, simple past and past participle grifted) (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. ==== Translations ==== === References === == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish gript f, gripter m. Either a verbal noun related to gräva, or influenced by Latin crypta. Compare origin of krypta, kryptisk, krypto, grotta, grotesk, grav, gräva, gruva. === Noun === grift c (archaic except in some compounds) a grave Synonym: grav ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== griftefrid griftetal gånggrift === References === “grift”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “grift”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “grift”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) grift in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)