Synonyms for graft
græft, grɑftgraft

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1. graft, transplantnoun

   (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

   Synonyms:
   grafting, organ transplant, transplant, transplanting, bribery, transplantation

2. bribery, graftnoun

   the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

   Synonyms:
   grafting, transplant, bribery

3. graft, graftingverb

   the act of grafting something onto something else

   Synonyms:
   grafting, transplant, bribery

4. graft, engraft, ingraftverb

   cause to grow together parts from different plants

   "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

   Synonyms:
   ingraft, implant, plant, transplant, engraft, imbed, embed

5. transplant, graftverb

   place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

   Synonyms:
   engraft, transfer, ingraft, transplant, transpose

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Tissue
   • Felony
   • Insert
   • Surgery

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1. graftnoun

   Synonyms:
   shoot (inserted in another tree), scion, sprout

2. graftverb

   Synonyms:
   ingraft

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1. graftverb

   Synonyms:
   ingraft, march

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1. List of paraphrases for "graft":

   registry, scion, embezzlement, transplant, corruption, prevarication, bribery, concussion

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How to use graft in a sentence?

1. Jakarta Globe:

   If (Gunawan) is inaugurated, Indonesia will have a graft suspect as police chief, a humiliation for the nation, and Widodo will face nationwide protest from the very people who helped him become president.

2. Coralie Pring:

   When coming into contact with the police, more than a quarter of people told us that they needed to bribe either to get assistance from the officer, or to avoid a problem like passing a checkpoint or avoid a fine or arrest, which is further evidence that graft is undermining the rule of law and allows people to get away unpunished for their crimes.

3. Sammy Jo Bell:

   Becoming a professional jockey is something I really want to do and I know that this is the time I have to work really hard, putting the hard graft in, i still have a long way to go to get there, but when I do, I'll take it from there and see how it goes.

4. Franklin P. Adams:

   Prohibition is an awful flop. We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a trail of graft and slime, It don't prohibit worth a dime, It's filled our land with vice and crime. Nevertheless, we're for it.

5. Richard Chang:

   We did what we call a cut-down : We opened up a big artery in the shoulder area and surgically tied in a graft-conduit, that allowed me to put in the 5-liter pump into the shoulder area through a graft, and pull the other one out from the groin. That ultimately I think is like playing chess — you got ta plan for the next move.