ganef
[gah-nuh f]
- a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
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Also gonif, goniff.
Origin of ganef
1920–25; < Yiddish < Hebrew gannābh
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Historical Examples of ganef
A Ganef like your father is stealing the money, too, I bet yer.
Elkan Lubliner, AmericanMontague 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 MawrussMontague Glass
"A ganef you couldn't tell what he would do at all," Linkheimer rejoined, and Abe rose to his feet.
Abe and MawrussMontague Glass
ganef
ganev or ganof gonif or gonof
- an unscrupulous opportunist who stoops to sharp practice
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Word Origin for ganef
from Yiddish, from Hebrew gannābh thief, from gānnabh he stole
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