ganef

[gah-nuh f]

noun Slang.

a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.

Also gonif, goniff.

Origin of ganef

1920–25; < Yiddish < Hebrew gannābh

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Examples from the Web for ganef

Historical Examples

A Ganef like your father is stealing the money, too, I bet yer.
Elkan Lubliner, American
Montague Glass
Maybe he ain't no more a ganef as I am, Mawruss, but just the same, he is in jail and I ain't.
Abe and Mawruss
Montague Glass
"A ganef you couldn't tell what he would do at all," Linkheimer rejoined, and Abe rose to his feet.
Abe and Mawruss
Montague Glass

British Dictionary definitions for ganef

ganef

ganev or ganof gonif or gonof

noun US slang

an unscrupulous opportunist who stoops to sharp practice

Word Origin

from Yiddish, from Hebrew gannābh thief, from gānnabh he stole

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Examples from the Web for ganef

Historical Examples

A Ganef like your father is stealing the money, too, I bet yer.

Maybe he ain't no more a ganef as I am, Mawruss, but just the same, he is in jail and I ain't.

"A ganef you couldn't tell what he would do at all," Linkheimer rejoined, and Abe rose to his feet.

ganef

ganev or ganof gonif or gonof

Word Origin

Origin of ganef