(dated or historical) Alternative form of griffe (“person of mixed (black and white) race”)

plural of grif

A surname.

plural of Griffing

A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.

A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.

An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín / A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].

(informal, originally Canada, US) A con artist; someone who pulls confidence games; a swindler, scammer, huckster, hustler, and/or charlatan.

(US, slang) A confidence game or swindle.

(transitive, US, slang) To obtain illegally, as by con game. / (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money illegally. / (intransitive, US, slang) To obtain money immorally or through deceitful means.