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Graft is defined as the act of taking advantage of your political position or government job by taking money or property in dishonest or fraudulent ways.

(noun)

When a police officer takes bribes, this is an example of graft.

The definition of a graft is a piece of a plant or tree attached onto another plant or tree, or a piece of skin or bone which is attached to another place on a body, both of which result in becoming a permanent part to whatever they are attached onto.

(noun)

A piece of skin from the leg of burn victim which is attached to the arm is an example of a graft.

See graft in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. a shoot or bud of one plant or tree inserted or to be inserted into the stem or trunk of another, where it continues to grow, becoming a permanent part; scion
2. the act or process of inserting such a bud or shoot
3. the place on a plant or tree where such a bud or shoot has been inserted
4. a tree or plant with such an insertion
a joining of one thing to another as if by grafting
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1. the act of taking advantage of one's position, esp. a political position, to gain money, property, etc. dishonestly
2. anything acquired by such illegal methods, as an illicit profit from government business
Surgery
1. a piece of skin, bone, or other living tissue transplanted or to be transplanted from one body, or place on a body, to another, where it grows and becomes a permanent part
2. such a transplanting

Origin: with unhistoric -t, for earlier graff < ME graffe < OFr, a pencil < L graphium < Gr grapheion, stylus (see graphic): from resemblance of the scion to a pointed pencil

transitive verb

1. to insert (a shoot or bud) as a graft
2. to insert a graft of (one plant) in another
3. to produce (a fruit, flower, etc.) by means of a graft
to join or make as one
Surgery to transplant (a graft)

intransitive verb

to be grafted
to make a graft on a plant

Related Forms:

grafter noun

See graft in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb graft·ed, graft·ing, grafts

verb, transitive

a. To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
b. To join (a plant or plants) by such union.
To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
To join or unite closely: graft new customs onto old.

verb, intransitive

To make a graft.
To be or become joined.

noun

a. A detached shoot or bud united or to be united with a growing plant.
b. The union or point of union of a detached shoot or bud with a growing plant by insertion or attachment.
c. A plant produced by such union.
a. Material, especially living tissue or an organ, surgically attached to or inserted into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
b. The procedure of implanting or transplanting such material.
c. The configuration or condition resulting from such a procedure.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English graften

Origin: , alteration of graffen

Origin: , probably from Old French grafier

Origin: , from graffe, stylus, graft (from its shape)

Origin: , from Latin graphium, stylus; see graffito

Origin: . N., Middle English grafte

Origin: , alteration of graffe

Origin: , from Old French

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