A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
A ditch, a canal.
The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.
Corruption in official life.
Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
A criminal’s special branch of practice.
A con job.
A cut of the take (money).
A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
Work; labor
A job or trade.
Effort needed for doing hard work.
To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
To form a graft polymer
To work.
To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.