grifter
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Your uncle was a grifter who spent his mother’s money.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
"I never thought I'd see trad-wife grifter Gwen Stefani but here we are I guess."
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
“I know you can be emotionally conned,” says Andrew Scott, who plays the grifter Tom Ripley.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2024
They met in 2017, on the set of the third season of “Fargo,” co-starring as Ray Stussy, a hapless parole officer, and Nikki Swango, his grifter sweetheart.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
Low Key, who was a grifter from Minnesota, smiled his scarred smile.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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