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Conman vs Grifter - What's the difference?

conman | grifter |

As nouns the difference between conman and grifter

is that conman is a confidence trickster while grifter is a con man. Someone who pulls confidence games.

conman

English

Alternative forms

* con man

Noun

(conmen)
  • A confidence trickster.

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    grifter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A con man. Someone who pulls confidence games.
  • :1939 . "We're all grifters. So we sell each other out for a nickel". The Big Sleep .
  • :1958 . "That was the train the drunks and the sinners rode—the gambling men and the grifters, the big-time spenders, the skirt-chasers, and all the jolly crew". That Hell-Bound Train .