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GAFFLE

To rip someone off,To get someones money by deceit.To scam someone for thier money by creating a ploy.To get over on a person or persons.
Its an old slang term used in the early part of the 20th century.Depicted in the movie "The Sting".
It was picked up again in the Bay Area in the 1980's(mainly Oakland I believe)
The 3 con artists got together to figure out a way to gaffle the tourists at Jack London square of thier money.
"How about 3 card monty one of them says to the others"?"Yea" another agrees,"these suckers will fall for anything". It should be easy to gaffle these fools the 3rd says.
by Jungle June 18, 2006
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gaffle pirately

v. to steal something or rip someone off as if you were a pirate.
my friends dragged me to some fuckstick's house so i entertained myself by gaffling his CD collection pirately.

i wish i were reading the newspaper right now but it was gaffled pirately off of the lawn.

i thought i was buying acid but got gaffled pirately. it was fuckin fake.

im gonna gaffle pirately this shirt from the store.
by Amy Christ December 20, 2007
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GAFFLE

To rip someone off,To get someones money by deceit.To scam someone for thier money by creating a ploy.To get over on a person or persons.
Its an old slang term used in the early part of the 20th century.Depicted in the movie "The Sting".
It was picked up again in the Bay Area in the 1980's(mainly Oakland I believe)
The 3 con artists got together to figure out a way to gaffle the tourists at Jack London square of thier money.
"How about 3 card monty one of them says to the others"?"Yea" one agrees,"these suckers will fall for anything" It should be easy to gaffle these fools the 3rd says.
by Jungle June 22, 2006
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Goffle Off

When he spoke, he seemed to goffle off a load of rubbish.
He goffled off BS, it didn't help.
by Flickering State September 30, 2016
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