grifter
noun
a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
grifters
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pluralof grifter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“These are the claims of shameless grifters who are offering up fragmented financials.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
It is that the grifters now help define the terms of power.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Recently, that has been our community colleges, where millions in federal student aid has been lost to grifters who use bots to sign up for classes, receive government money to help with school, then disappear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
The rush of pseudoscientists, grifters, wellness influencers, and celebrity advocates into the space only made the chronic Lyme debate more fraught.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
Chaos had followed the fall of the South, just as war-ravaged societies always attract thieves and grifters.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
