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
Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
What to know Yanukovich is reviled by many in Ukraine not just for his graft but his rejection of closer ties with the EU in favor of Kyiv's relationship with Moscow which sparked Euromaidan protests in 2014.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
By then, doctors should be done with removing burns and will progress to closing wounds and grafting skin, Foster said.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The agency also cited a national outbreak in 2021 linked to a bone graft product that affected 113 patients after surgery.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
What to know Yanukovich is reviled by many in Ukraine not just for his graft but his rejection of closer ties with the EU in favor of Kyiv's relationship with Moscow which sparked Euromaidan protests in 2014.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
But there’s at least the chance that graft on the industrial scale at which Madigan operated is history.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
By then, doctors should be done with removing burns and will progress to closing wounds and grafting skin, Foster said.
—CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graft
Verb
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Justin Theroux and Nicole Brydon Bloom tied the knot in style!—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Tristan Fraser tied the game, beating BU goalie Mikhail Yegorov a mere 59 seconds in.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Criminals target spring break travelers with theft, scams, or even more violent crimes.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The vehicle theft was reported to the Waterbury Police Department Auto Theft Task Force which began tracking the vehicle before it was disabled using stop sticks around 2 p.m., according to the warrant affidavit.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2025
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Out back, a fence will soon hug the tiny porch where visitors will still be able to see the lines on the brick where the lean-to’s roof was formerly affixed.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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As part of sharing their stories, the participants would affix a brown paper luggage tag to the object to keep a record of the object’s provenance, or its history of ownership.—
Emma Cieslik,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
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Digging around a root ball roughly 45 feet in diameter began on June 1, followed by an operation to insert large inflatable airbags underneath.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Royals inserted infield prospect Tyler Tolbert in Witt’s place.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2025
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Also Thursday, Oklahoma conducted that state's first execution of the year, putting to death an Arkansan for a random home-invasion robbery that left a woman dead.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of people have returned to their homes in Central Sudan, though late on Wednesday activists in Omdurman warned that some soldiers have engaged in robbery.—
Reuters,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments might become as attached to the mascots as the athletes themselves.—
John Raby,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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When the last of his players finished talking and left the interview area, Reiser looked both ways and then pulled out his iPhone, with a Mass card attached to the back, and let his story out in whispers.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Hanshin tagged two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell for three runs in the fourth inning when the first two batters reached base before Teruaki Sato smoked a three-run homer into the right-field seats, where a jubliant Tigers’ fan club erupted in celebration.—
David Brandt,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Latta and an independent group of tree care professionals who have canvassed Altadena for weeks believe that many of the trees are wrongly tagged for removal.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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The treatment involves microneedling the skin on a person’s face with the salmon sperm (which can be injected with hyaluronic acid according to Dr. Gabriel Chiu who spoke with Variety in September 2024 about the trend).—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Your healthcare provider will give you local anesthesia, usually by injecting a numbing medication into the toe.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Graft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graft. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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