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
Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Quintuple bypass surgery is performed to address severe blockages in the coronary arteries by grafting blood vessels from other parts of the body to restore healthy blood flow to the heart.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Bone fractures and surgical resection to remove cancer result in larger defects that usually require the use of bone grafts or metal reconstruction to repair.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Many of our small trees are grafted onto rootstocks that can tolerate our local soil conditions.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Quintuple bypass surgery is performed to address severe blockages in the coronary arteries by grafting blood vessels from other parts of the body to restore healthy blood flow to the heart.
—Bryan West, The Tennessean, 17 July 2025
Verb
But opposition lawmakers were highly critical, and believe the program is a way for the government to hide graft.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Bone fractures and surgical resection to remove cancer result in larger defects that usually require the use of bone grafts or metal reconstruction to repair.
—New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graft
Noun
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Is signal-stealing allowed in the NFL?—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hollywood starlet Sydney Sweeney has done plenty of scene-stealing in Euphoria and The White Lotus but her latest breakout performance may be on Wall Street.—
John Buckingham,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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David Rosenberg, founder of the economic and market insights firm Rosenberg Research, similarly highlighted flaws with the gauge, including the use of GDP, which includes government sector activity that isn’t tied to corporate profits or future earnings.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Your entire life is tied to your job.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Online court records indicated to investigators that Arfsten was released on bail in a felony theft case at the time of the South Milwaukee incident.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some of the commandments overlap with criminal law, such as prohibitions on murder and theft, but others do not.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That’s when the smile arrived, revealing a shiny jewel affixed to a tooth on the left side of his mouth.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Banners and signs must be hand-held and may not obstruct the view of other guests or PHX Arena advertising signage or be temporarily or permanently affixed to the building structure.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a high-profile, three-month-long trial, prosecutors alleged that Sarkozy funneled millions of dollars from the Libyan government into his campaign coffers; he was acquitted of further charges of embezzlement and corruption.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to the criminal complaint, on June 28, 2024, someone from Ruder Ware Business Attorneys contacted the Marshfield Police Department about the possible embezzlement of money from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield by Pederson.—
Karen Madden,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The technique consisted of inserting fine needles into the skin at specific anatomical grid points, according to the NIH.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Records showed that the original proposal was $67 million, and that DeSantis administration officials inserted the $10 million donation late in the negotiation.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Thompson was arrested as a high school senior in 1955 and charged as an accessory to a robbery in Cherokee Park.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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In what is otherwise a slog of a show, Black Rabbit gets structurally creative in the sixth episode when the events of a robbery at the restaurant are shown from different perspectives.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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So, Hiro made a chamber that attached to Johnson’s eyelid.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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His defensiveness and insulting you and dismissing your feelings, in my opinion means he's emotionally attached to her, especially with the nickname.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Graft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graft. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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