The Big Con - words used by grifters
Grifter: “In the strict sense, one who lives by his wits as contrasted to the 'heavy-men’ who use violence”
Lifting electrons - all the best agents do it!
mark: the victim, or the intended victim
To hopscotch: to go on the road with a confidence man.
Grifter: “In the strict sense, one who lives by his wits as contrasted to the 'heavy-men’ who use violence”
A bog is a “wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body”.