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Is grift the right word to use here? Is all corruption grift?

• dragonwriter 7mo ago
  All corruption (and other dishonest ways of making profit or advantage) is graft, to attempt sell something under false pretenses is to grift [0]. Grifting is often among the techniques used to effectuate graft. IMO, the upthread post reads better with “graft” which is a abstract noun, matching the use upthread, where “grift” is usually a verb (I've also seen it used as a concrete now for a particular operation in which the agent is perceived to be grifting.) [0] Most dictionaries I think will still say this is specific to small-scale swindling, but I think that's a lagging indicator; IME, usage has drifted to be more generalized, with large scale operations often referred to as grifting.
  • IAmBroom 7mo ago
    Grift is slang. Graft has a long historical usage, and therefore a well-established definition.