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graft: the act of grafting something onto something else; (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient; cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"

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grafting collapse

gerrymandering collapse

bunco collapse: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

intromission collapse

thievery collapse

booty collapse

nepotism collapse: favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

stolen goods collapse

illicit business collapse

spoils of office collapse

implantation collapse: a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"; the act of planting or setting in the ground; (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals

fraudulence collapse: the quality of being fraudulent; a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

gyp joint collapse

inoculation collapse: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

poaching collapse: cooking in simmering liquid

belay collapse: something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured; fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat; turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him

pilfering collapse

embezzlement collapse: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

scrounging collapse

rebate collapse: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

pickings collapse: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

scam collapse: a fraudulent business scheme

interpolation collapse: (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known; a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"

clamp collapse: a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together; impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital"; fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened"

appropriation collapse: a deliberate act of acquisition; money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

liberation collapse: the act of liberating someone or something; the attempt to achieve equal rights or status; "she worked for women's liberation"

bribe collapse: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment; make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

public trough collapse

dishonesty collapse: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing; the quality of being dishonest

pork barrel collapse: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

perfusion collapse: pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

boodle collapse: informal terms for money

loot collapse: goods or money obtained illegally; take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

attach collapse: be attached; be in contact with; become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"; cause to be attached

stealing collapse

affix collapse: a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form; attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"; attach to; "affix the seal here"

perks collapse

till collapse: unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together; work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"

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