Ganef (Noun)
Meaning
(Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The guy who swindled me out of my life savings is a ganef of the worst kind.
- You can't trust a ganef like him to do the right thing.
- Stop being a ganef and give me back my money.
- That ganef of a landlord is always finding ways to cheat his tenants.
- The politician was accused of being a ganef who only cared about lining his own pockets.