Synonyms for grift
- noun
Most common
confidence game fraud con game fetch deceit ruse trickery subterfuge
All synonyms
Noun
fraud, confidence game, con game, fetch, deceit, imposition formal, ruse, trickery, subterfuge, deception, racket, racquet UK, wile, artifice, jugglery
Definitions
- n. 1
A confidence game or swindle.
Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?
Forms
- Plural
- grifts → frauds, fetches, deceits, impositions…
Example sentences
- fraud Academic fraud is more common than you might think.
- fetch Mary had to go home again to fetch her sports kit.
- deceit He acquired a great fortune by using deceit and treachery.
- ruse All the sweet talk was just a ruse to get her into bed.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruse1, wile1
- 5 letters
- fraud1, fetch1
- 6 letters
- racket2, deceit2
- 7 letters
- racquet2
- 8 letters
- trickery3, artifice3, jugglery
- 9 letters
- deception3
- 10 letters
- imposition4, subterfuge3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (racket2 = 2 syllables).