grift
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You mentioned people who don’t work for the government getting in on the grift, too?
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sure, it was another grift, as well as fatalistic and totally disingenuous.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Santander wrote in her affidavit supporting charges against the couple that she investigated Ma’s claims and learned 11 others had accused Nguyen of a similar grift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Along the way, Cass gives short shrift to the many useful things that the financial industry does that are not a grift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
“Let me come along. I can sell tickets. Russ can do anything—he’s young. Give me his job. I can still count, and I don’t short-change. I know you don’t run a grift show.”
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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