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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: grift 'hard work' (20-21 centuries), perhaps from graft 'dishonest practices'

grifter

 noun
     
grif‧ter [countable]
American English informal someone who dishonestly obtains something, especially money
—grift verb [transitive]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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