Grift
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early 20th century: alteration of graft3.
wiktionary
American criminal underworld slang, 1906 (noun), 1915 (verb), alteration of graft(“corruption, illicit profit through corrupt means, bribe, ones occupation”), alteration perhaps influenced by similar sounding words, e.g. drift, etc., probably ultimately from Middle Dutch graft(“digging, ditch, canal, trench”) (modern Dutch gracht), related to Dutch graven(“to dig”), English grave(“to dig”). [1] [2] [3]
etymonline
grift
1906 (n.); 1915 (v.), U.S. underworld slang, perhaps a corruption of graft (n.2).
