Grift is American slang from the criminal world about a hundred years ago. In the sense you need here, it points at dishonest taking — especially of money — and at the kind of person who lives that way.

Grift這個字 is American slang是美式俚語 from the criminal world來自犯罪的世界 about a hundred years ago大約一百年前。In the sense you need here在你這裡需要的這個意思上 it points at dishonest taking它指的是不誠實地拿取 especially of money尤其是金錢 and at the kind of person who lives that way以及那樣過活的人。

Though actually, everyday talk is messy: many people use grift for the trick itself (a long lie, a fake kindness, a scheme that ends with your wallet empty), some use it for the money taken, and some aim it at the person doing it. In careful talk the person is usually a grifter, and grift is the act or the living.

Though actually不過其實 everyday talk is messy日常用法很混亂：many people use grift for the trick itself很多人用grift指騙術本身 (a long lie, a fake kindness, a scheme that ends with your wallet empty)（一個長期的謊言、假的善意、最後讓你錢包變空的計謀） some use it for the money taken有些人用它指被騙走的錢 and some aim it at the person doing it還有些人拿它指做這件事的人。In careful talk在講究一點的說法裡 the person is usually a grifter那個人通常叫grifter and grift is the act or the living而grift是那個行為或那種營生。

You will hear it in US crime stories, and in the last ten or fifteen years online, aimed at people who sell fake hope — in politics, on the internet — for cash.

You will hear it你會聽到它 in US crime stories在美國的犯罪故事裡 and in the last ten or fifteen years online而在過去十到十五年的網路上 aimed at people who sell fake hope用來指那些賣假希望的人 in politics, on the internet在政治圈、在網路上 for cash為了錢。

It is informal. It is not a British classroom word. It is never a compliment.

It is它是 informal非正式的用語。It is not它不是 a British classroom word英式課堂會教的字。It is never它從來不是 a compliment稱讚。

As a verb, to grift is to get something that way.

As a verb當動詞用的時候 to grift動詞grift is是指 to get something that way用那種方式拿到某樣東西。

The word was bent from graft, the older word for dirty profit and bribes; the sound may have been pulled toward words like drift.

The word was bent from graft這個字是從graft扭轉變化來的, the older word for dirty profit and bribes那個指骯髒利益和賄賂的較舊的字; the sound may have been pulled toward words like drift發音則可能被像drift這樣的字拉過去。