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GRIFTER
- A person who makes money dishonestly, through swindling or cheating.
- Usage: Interview with a professional gambler and author of mystery novels.
Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
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MAKHACHKALA
- Capital city of the Russian province of Dagestan, on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
- Usage: Reports of a fire in a boarding school for the deaf in southern Russia, which killed 28 children and seriously injured many others.
Source: Various on-line resources.
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