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Grifter (Cole Cash) is a superhero appearing in books published by Wildstorm Productions and DC Comics. Created by artist Jim Lee and writer Brandon Choi , he first appeared in WildC.A.T.s #1 (August 1992), as a member of that titular superhero team, during the period when Wildstorm and its properties were owned by Jim Lee. [ 1 ]
The Grifter's Hymnal, a 2012 album by American Ray Wylie Hubbard; Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters, a 2006 Japanese film directed by Mamoru Oshii; Grift (disambiguation) Hustle (disambiguation)
The perpetrator is often referred to as a scammer, confidence man, con man, con artist, grifter, hustler, or swindler. The intended victims are known as marks, suckers, stooges, mugs, rubes, or gulls (from the word gullible). When accomplices are employed, they are known as shills.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast and Hollie Adams/Newspix/Getty Images“Grifter” is an overused insult.If a public person takes a heterodox or contrarian view on a hot ...
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grifter a con artist, transient swindler, or professional gambler (US and UK: con man); also grift can mean an act of thievery or trickery [458] [459] [460] gotten Past participle of "get" (got in most of the UK); "gotten" is however of British origin, [461] still retained in some older dialects, and is sometimes now used again under US influence.
The Pardoner, from the Ellesmere Chaucer. A distinction is drawn between the charlatan and other kinds of confidence tricksters. The charlatan is usually a salesperson of a certain service or product, who has no personal relationship with his "marks" (customers or clients), and avoids elaborate hoaxes or roleplaying con-games.