graft
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a morally or legally wrong act, usually bribery, done to gain an advantage or support
- The politician was arrested for graft after accepting bribes in exchange for government contracts.
- The business leader was known for his involvement in graft, using bribes to secure favorable deals.
- The company's success was built on graft, with executives paying off regulators to bypass legal requirements.
- The public demanded an end to the culture of graft that had plagued the government for decades.
- The anti-corruption task force was established to combat graft and bring corrupt officials to justice.
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the act of grafting something onto something else
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a surgical procedure by which a doctor replaces a missing or damaged tissue or bone with a healthy substitute
A graft is a surgical procedures that involves taking tissue from one part of the body and placing it in another to repair or reconstruct damaged or missing tissue. This tissue can be skin, bone, blood vessels, or other types of tissue. Grafts are commonly used in various surgeries, such as skin grafts for burn victims, bone grafts for fractures or bone issues, and vascular grafts for repairing blood vessels. The goal is to promote healing and restore function in the affected area by providing new tissue or structure where it is needed. Grafts can come from the patient's own body, known as an autograft; from another individual, known as an allograft; or from artificial materials, known as synthetic grafts.
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hard work or effort
- That was proper graft, painting the whole house.
- He put in a lot of graft to finish the project.
- Gardening is hard graft in the summer heat.
- It's tough graft, but someone's got to do it.
- She enjoys the graft of running her own business.