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grifter

[grif-ter] / ˈgrɪf tər /
NOUN
swindler
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Grifter, lover, damsel in distress — England cycles through Georgie’s multiple facets with pinpoint precision.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2019

After enjoying years of online anonymity, the hacker known as Grifter was unmasked by a less-than-scrupulous spouse.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

Grifter season comes irregularly, but it comes often in America, which is built around mythologies of profit and reinvention and spectacular ascent.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 5, 2018




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