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graft noun- personal and financial advantage as the result of dishonest or unethical business or political practice, especially bribery and patronage; corporate corruption in general US, 1901
- But, of course, if you need to build a dam where a camp like that ought to be – to make some graft and pay off your political army or something – why, that’s different! — Mr Smith Goes to Washington, 1939
- any kind of work, especially hard work UK, 1859
- I’ve been out of graft for months; and now this is the best I can do. They’ve made a bit of work repairing the roads and fillin’ the drain down Riley Street. — Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory, p. 60, 1950
- [I]t was heavy “graft” (work) and very little "denari" [money][.] — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 30, 1953
- [G]et back to graft put[t]ing the cane about[.] — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 58, 1958
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