gonif
- n (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)
- He has perfect pitch when it comes to the agony and shame of the Jewish community for finding such a gonif (Yiddish for thief) in its midst.
- When you're a Wall Street gonif, they think you really know! If I were rich, I'd have the time that I lack To hook then slice golf balls and pray.
- Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra) is a nogoodnik of a widower, a sort of amiable gonif (the names have been changed, but the characterizations are still Jewish).