as in stealing
dishonest activity in which people with power (such as political leaders) use their position and influence to get money and advantages
The newspaper published a series of articles exposing graft in the city government.
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Recent Examples of graft
Brett Berk, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Cue young, tenacious talent who weren’t as recognizable to fair-weather fans but were willing to graft and play as a team.
—Alex Tabet, NBC news, 31 May 2025
Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
García Luna was convicted in 2023 in U.S. district court of colluding with the Sinaloa mob and receiving millions of dollars in graft.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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Noun
The rear taillights, unfortunately, look to be grafted from a Polestar model, perhaps the result of Bentley head designer Robin Page’s Swedish sojourn with Volvo before his 2023 return to England.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Cue young, tenacious talent who weren’t as recognizable to fair-weather fans but were willing to graft and play as a team.
—Alex Tabet, NBC news, 31 May 2025
Verb
The animal hospital worked with a company that makes grafts of fish skin that can regenerate tissue.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
García Luna was convicted in 2023 in U.S. district court of colluding with the Sinaloa mob and receiving millions of dollars in graft.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graft
Verb
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State lawmaker's per-diem reimbursements are tied to federal rates.—
Brittany Carloni,
IndyStar,
9 Aug. 2025
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Those declines were tied to a drop in sales of Weyco's Nunn Bush, Stacy Adams, Florsheim and BOGS brands to retailers.—
Sofia Joseph,
jsonline.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Blair Clark-Green, 44, of Prairie Grove was charged July 31 in connection with felony theft of property, according to a preliminary police report from the Farmington Police Department.—
Lynn Kutter,
Arkansas Online,
5 Aug. 2025
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Gill was arrested in June 2023 on several charges including theft of property totaling $250,000 or more, two counts of financial transactions from felony theft proceeds and two counts of patronizing prostitution.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Photo : Mecum The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO from the side with number 10 affixed.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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The signature is a warrant for affixing the great seal to the commission; and the great seal is only to be affixed to an instrument which is complete.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
Verb
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Trump is even inserting himself peronally in the narrative now, accusing JPMorgan Chase of dumping him as a customer following his first term in office.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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These systems also enforce best practices by inserting up-to-date clauses around borrower accountability, citizenship status and financial covenants.—
Adam Craig,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The four men were sought in connection to a pharmacy robbery in Maryland Heights, Mo., around 1:15 a.m. that morning.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
12 Aug. 2025
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Well, police investigating a warehouse robbery recovered thousands of dollars worth of Labubus, the popular toy that has taken the internet by storm, Chino, California, officials said in a news release.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Lee Hall is still attached to complete the screenplay.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sharon, as well as her and Ozzy’s children, Jack and Aimee Osbourne, were attached to produce alongside Polygram’s Michele Anthony and David Blackman and Sony’s Andrea Giannetti.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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According to a video post from the Central Birmingham Business Improvement District, the items have all been methodically laid out on the floor of a giant warehouse to be sorted and tagged before they are shared with the Osbourne family.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Campero tried to take third on the play, and the White Sox threw him out, tagging him for the third out just a moment before d’Arnaud stepped on the plate.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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His public claim that the FBI wanted to kill him injected new controversy into a case already touching on public trust in law enforcement and local governance.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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And talking of hackers and Windows, both came together rather splendidly in Las Vegas at the Black Hat hacking conference where it was demonstrated how the Windows Hello facial recognition sign-in security could be bypassed by a threat actor injecting their own images into the process.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Graft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graft. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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