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grifter
[/ˈɡrɪftər/]
noun
pl: grifters
estelionatário
1.
A person who engages in petty swindling or confidence schemes; a con artist
The grifter convinced elderly people to invest in fake real estate deals.
O estelionatário convenceu idosos a investirem em negócios imobiliários falsos.
2.
Someone who makes a living through small-scale fraud or deception
He was a career grifter who had perfected his schemes over decades.
Ele era um estelionatário profissional que havia aperfeiçoado suas fraudes ao longo de décadas.
NYC Slang
hustle man, con man, operator
Synonyms
con artist
swindler
fraud
scammer
charlatan
cheat
Antonyms
honest person
legitimate businessman
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
estelionatário
Standard formal term used in legal and general contexts
General Brazilian
trapaceiro
More colloquial alternative meaning trickster or cheat
São Paulo
malandrim
Informal slang for a scheming person or hustler
Portugal
burlador
Portuguese term for scammer or fraudster
Related Idioms & Phrases
running a grift
pull a grift on someone
grift game
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