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Noun
Xi once sought to single out officials to deter graft in the wider ranks — killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, as Beijing put it.—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 30 June 2025 Under the system of graft O’Connor devised, out-of-town crooks checked in with an underworld go-between, who would collect their name, address and a cash bribe.—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Verb
The Game 5 stat lines told the story: four players, none of whom were around last season, playing crucial roles in the biggest moments, successfully grafted onto a talented core that in recent years had lost its playoff touch.—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 1 May 2025 My mom had planted this tree called a cocktail tree, which is essentially a citrus tree that has different types of citrus grafted onto it.—Aliana Mt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for graft
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1) and Verb (1)
Middle English graffe, grafte, from Anglo-French greffe, graife stylus, graph, from Medieval Latin graphium, from Latin, stylus, from Greek grapheion, from graphein to write — more at carve
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