grifted
Taken by scammers
Grifted is the past tense of grift, meaning to obtain money or goods through swindles or petty cons.
A grifter works small-scale schemes—card tricks, fake charity collections, confidence games: He grifted tourists out of their cash with a shell game.
The term extends to any deceptive self-enrichment: She grifted her way through the company for years before anyone noticed.
Cheated through deception
- swindledDeceived for gain
- fleecedDefrauded of money
- cheatedActed dishonestly to win
- defraudedIllegally deceived for gain
duped · bilked · hustled · bamboozled · hoodwinked · tricked · gypped · conned
scammed
Cheated through deception
defrauded · duped · bilked · hustled · bamboozled · hoodwinked · tricked · gypped · conned · suckered
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
racket · fraud · bunco · flimflam · phishing · catfishing · sting · shakedown · chicanery · skulduggery
misled
Caused to believe falsely
- fooledLed to believe falsely
- deludedWrongly convinced of falsehoods
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
betrayed · misinformed · gulled · bluffed · outfoxed · outwitted · hoaxed · played · snowed · gaslighted