Synonyms of graft

graft 1 of 2

noun

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.

Related Words

• stealing
• theft
• embezzlement
• robbery
• smuggling
• peculation
• larceny
• thievery
• piracy
• embezzling
• misappropriation
• misapplication
• burglary
• looting
• kidnapping
• abduction
• housebreaking
• pilferage
• pilfering
• hijacking
• petit larceny
• shoplifting
• petty larceny
• rustling
• rapine
• plundering
• pillage
• poaching
• carjacking
• despoliation
• spoliation
• purloining
• filching
• banditry
• shanghaiing
• despoilment
• black marketeering

graft

2 of 2

verb

as in to tie

Related Words

• tie
• affix
• insert
• attach
• tag
• inject
• fasten
• add
• increase
• infuse
• tack (on)
• augment
• compound
• adjoin
• append
• hitch
• fix
• annex
• elongate
• prolong
• multiply
• expand
• enlarge
• escalate
• swell (up)
• lengthen
• amplify
• extend
• supply
• subjoin
• introduce
• beef (up)
• boost
• protract
• aggrandize
• interfuse
• intensify
• enhance
• supplement
• heighten
• enforce
• reinforce
• complement
• raise
• maximize
• magnify
• strengthen

Dissimilar Words

• remove
• deduct
• subtract
• abate
• cut
• separate
• take off
• detach
• disconnect
• reduce
• excise
• sever
• decrease
• knock off
• contract
• amputate
• lower
• diminish
• bate
• lessen
• curtail
• shorten
• unfasten
• disjoin
• abridge
• cut back
• lop (off)
• compress
• abbreviate
• condense
• constrict
• retrench

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of graft

Noun

Zelensky remains dogged by high-level graft investigations, although he has never been named as a suspect even as the probes have engulfed officials close to him. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Last year, his chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigned and was later named as a suspect in a major graft probe involving a luxury construction project in the biggest threat to Zelenskyy’s government since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. — Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Verb

Of the 26 acres of Chardonnay, nine are own rooted as opposed to grafted, which Large points out is unusual in the region. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 17 May 2026

If Nikolai Gogol and Raymond Chandler had collaborated, this might have been the result—absurdist Slavic magical realism grafted onto an entertaining whodunit. — The Atlantic, 14 May 2026