From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of
[notext=1], alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g.
[en], etc., probably ultimately from [en] (modern [nl]), related to [nl],
[en].[1][2][3]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A confidence game or swindle . [from 1906]
2. * [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|grifter |shopgrift }}
**** Translations
[con game]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To obtain illegally, as by con game . [from early 20th c.]
2. [en] To obtain money illegally. [from early 20th c.]
3. [en] To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.
**** Translations
[to obtain (money) illegally, as by con game]
- Danish: [da]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
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*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
[2]. [page=307]
[3]. _Word Origins...And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone_ , Anatoly Liberman (2009), p. 32 (see https://books.google.com/books?id=sMiRc-JFIfMC&pg=PA32&dq=grift)
[en]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
[sv], [gmq-osw]. Either a verbal noun related to [sv], or influenced by [la].
Compare origin of [sv].
*** Noun
[c]
1. [sv] a grave
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-er]
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
- [svetym]