Grift may refer to: *

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Arts and entertainment

* ''The Grift'', a 2008 novel by American author Debra M. Ginsberg * ''The Grift'', a 2008 American movie starring

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* "The Grift", an episode of ''Mutant X'', a Canadian/American science-fiction television series

Places

Grift (Fossa Eugeniana) Grift is a drainage canal of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It discharges into the Ponter Dondert near Geldern. It is part of the Fossa Eugeniana, a planned 17th century canal that was to connect the Meuse near Venlo with the Rhine near Rheinbe ...

, a canal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Grift (IJssel), a tributary of river

IJssel The IJssel (; ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour. It more immediatel ...

in Gelderland, Netherlands

People

Evert Grift Evert Grift (21 May 1922 – 27 March 2009) was a Dutch cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who c ...

(1922–2009), Dutch cyclist * Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne (1840–1914), wife of Robert Louis Stevenson * Henk van der Grift (born 1935), Dutch speed skater * William Webster Van de Grift, birth name of Billy B. Van (1870–1950), American entertainer