grifter

• Substantiv für eine Person, die sich durch kleine oder größere Betrügereien, Täuschung oder Vertrauensmissbrauch bereichert, oft in Form von Gaunereien oder Trickbetrug.

A noun referring to a person who engages in petty or small-scale swindling, often through deception, fraud, or a confidence trick.

1. Swindler or con artistB2informalamerican

   A person who engages in petty or small-scale swindling, often by gaining trust and then cheating others out of money or property.

   Betrüger oder Schwindler

   • The grifter convinced the elderly couple to invest in a fake business.
   • He was known as a smooth-talking grifter who could sell anything to anyone.
   • The police arrested a grifter who had been running a charity scam.

   Synonymecharlatancheatcon artistcon manhustlermountebankscammersharperswindlertrickster