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[grift] / grɪft /


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Appeared in the May 8, 2026, print edition as 'The Great 340B Healthcare Grift'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Grift and greed have deadly consequences in Megan Abbott’s ‘El Dorado Drive,’ a mystery about suburban women caught up in a pyramid scheme called the Wheel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

It often seems to me that we need a term to describe a somewhat similar phenomenon in policy debates, which we might call the Big Grift.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2023

Now, she’s starting her own show, a narrative podcast about cons called the Grift.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2017

Her son, Jacob Van de Grift, was born in Philadelphia in 1816.

From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift




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