grift

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It's a classic grift, played out under the cover of legal technicalities.

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  • Could their long-standing and constant animosity be a front for some deeper scheme or grift? —  The Comics Curmudgeon
  • According to Courtney, the mortgage industry meltdown is due in large part to a vast conspiracy of her former employees and confidants who embezzled her and daughter Frances out of what she claims has grown into a gianormous grift amounting to $800,000,000. —  Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business
  • While the Democrats celebrate Barack Obama's coronation in Denver this week and the Republicans are poised to do the same for John McCain in the Twin Cities rest assured, administrations may change, but the corporate grift is eternal. —  Dissident Voice
  • Now their sole argument against President Obama is grift vs. thrift -- Republicans are standing as the straight-talking fiscal cops protecting the public from the smooth-talking liberal who's about to commit "generational theft" (as Sen. John McCain warned again last week). rss —  Forbes.com: News
  • Ladies and gentleman, we†™ re seeing the greatest grift in our history. —  The Latest on Air America
 

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