grifter

Noun

Meaning

a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

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A Moscow loving grifter is on the loose in the White House. Shame on the Vichy Republicans who constantly enable him. Mike Murphy (political consultant)

Donald Trump is an archetypal grifter. Using the presidency to promote your golf courses, hotels, and real estate business is grifting. So is getting people to pay a premium for buildings with your name in big, gold letters. Licensing your name is what every grifter dreams about. Jacob Weisberg

Adopted by a clever grifter named Benjamin Nab, Ren learns the fine art of the con as he and Benjamin join up with grave robbers, thieves, and scam artists. Source: Internet

She never met her father, a grifter named Sam Kurtis, until years later after she had taken up the identity of Stargirl. Source: Internet

In short, Boebert is a classic product of the Age of Trump — someone who is both a cynical grifter out for fame and success at any cost, but also genuinely committed to right-wing extremism. Source: Internet

He rarely told the truth about anything thereafter, till his deceit and sloppy contempt became his biggest qualification: If the white electorate could make a lazy grifter president, they would know for a fact that they were truly capable of anything. Source: Internet

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