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n. - (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse).

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Usage examples (9)
  • If he had just been a ganef of enormous proportions that would have been bad enough.
  • Can't we call her a schmutz, nudnik, noodge (this would be my preferred option), nebbish, ganef, or dybbuk?
  • Enter the sorcerer, the ganef, the man without qualities but with steady returns — and, I might add, a family man to the end. . .
  • Just in time for Yom Kippur comes a reminder of what a world-class ganef Sean "Shonde" Hannity is.
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