Gonif

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  goniff \gon"iff\, n. [From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb. gann[=a]bh
     thief.]
     A pickpocket or thief. [Also spelled {ganef}, {gonif}, and
     {gonoph}.] [Eng. Slang]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gonoph \Gon"oph\, n. [From Yiddish, prob. fr. Heb. gann[=a]bh
     thief.]
     A pickpocket or thief. [Also spelled {ganef}, {gonif}, and
     {goniff}.] [Eng. Slang] --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gonif
       n : (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often
           used as a general term of abuse) [syn: {goniff}, {ganef},
            {ganof}]