Gyps

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gyp

also gip  (jĭp)Offensive Slang

tr.v. gypped, gyp·ping, gyps also gipped or gip·ping or gips

To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.

n.

1. A fraud or swindle.

2. One who defrauds; a swindler.

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[Probably short for Gypsy (from prejudiced popular perceptions of the Romani people as thieves and petty swindlers).]

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gyp′per n.

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Gyps - a genus of Accipitridae     genus Gyps bird genus - a genus of birds Accipitridae, family Accipitridae - hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, griffon - large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

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