graft

graft
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. inoculate, bud, transplant, implant, join, crossbreed. See mixture, insertion. —n. corruption, porkbarrel politics. See stealing, improbity.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A jointure for growth]
Syn. scion, shoot, union, slip, hybridization, graff, grafting.
2. [Dishonest gain]
Syn. fraud, peculation, thievery; see corruption 2 .
v.
1. [To join for growth]
Syn. engraft, unite, propagate, splice.
2. [*To gain dishonestly]
Syn. thieve, cheat, swindle; see steal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. transplant implant, scion, splice, slip.
2. corruption spoils, *take, *payola, bribe, *hush money, *skimming, kickback, boodle.
II
v.
implant, transplant, splice, insert, affix.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Money, property, or a favor given, offered, or promised to a person or accepted by a person in a position of trust as an inducement to dishonest behavior: bribe, fix, payola. Informal: payoff. Slang: boodle. See CRIMES, MONEY, PERSUASION.

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