Definition of Grift

Verb: grift grift
Usage: N. Amer

Deprive of by deceit
"He grifted me out of my inheritance";
- victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], diddle, bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], ream [N. Amer], bunko