This week's theme
Words borrowed from Yiddish

This week's words
luftmensch
pisher
ganef
macher
kibitzer

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PRONUNCIATION:

(GAH-nuhf)

MEANING:

noun: A thief, swindler, or rascal.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Yiddish, from Hebrew gannabh (thief). Earliest documented use: 1920.

USAGE:

"Seniors, particularly women, are the largest and most frequent target of financial scamsters, and this ganef takes the cupcake."
Malcolm Berko; Life Insurance, Farmland, and Facebook; Creators Syndicate (Los Angeles); Nov 6, 2013.

See more usage examples of ganef in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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