grifter

grift +‎ -er

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪftɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪftə/

grifter (plural grifters)

1. A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     We're all grifters. So we sell each other out for a nickel.

   • 1958, Robert Bloch, That Hell-Bound Train

     That was the train the drunks and the sinners rode—the gambling men and the grifters, the big-time spenders, the skirt-chasers, and all the jolly crew.