grift英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A confidence game or swindle. US,slang

— Hey, what's the grift? What are you trying to pull?

动词 v.

To obtain illegally, as by con game. US,slang,transitive
To obtain money illegally. US,intransitive,slang
To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means. US,intransitive,slang

词形变化

grifts plural grifts present,singular,third-person grifting participle,present grifted participle,past grifted past

词源

词源 1

American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft (“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, one's occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g. drift, etc., probably ultimately from Middle Dutch graft (“digging, ditch, canal, trench”) (modern Dutch gracht), related to Dutch graven (“to dig”), English grave (“to dig”).

词源 2

American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft (“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, one's occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g. drift, etc., probably ultimately from Middle Dutch graft (“digging, ditch, canal, trench”) (modern Dutch gracht), related to Dutch graven (“to dig”), English grave (“to dig”).