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Definition of graft : 1. A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
2. A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
3. 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.
4. A soft thing or easy thing; a snap.
5. Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or any position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts, legislation, pay for work not done or service not performed, etc.; illegal or unfair practice for profit or personal advantage; also, anything thus gained.
6. To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope- yarns.
7. To implant a portion of ( living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
8. 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.
9. To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
10. To join ( one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

Synonyms:

bur, fasten, bandage, secure, compost, exertion, bypass, boll, bud, deceit, aerial root, crimes, anesthetize, rejection, challenge, dishonesty, attend, corruption, transpose, work, deadhead, scion, bring back, smoke and mirrors, aerate, pursuit, apply yourself, anaesthetize, payola, screw, donor card, put your back into something, persuasion, blade, effort, bribe, strain, bed out, bleed, money, pin, catheterize, union, double-dealing, payoff, ingraft, guile, care, labor, transplantation, work at, imbed, attach, shoot, transplant, donate, blood bank, foul play, heavy lifting, misconduct, bract, buckle down, duplicity, dedication, engraft, donor, slave, drill, thievery, fraud, anther, grafting, organ transplant, forge, tie, exert yourself, transplanting, cauterize, feed, join, bulb, cross-fertilize, bribery, undertaking, reject, donation, toil, blood donor, transfer, clip, beanstalk, slip, cross-pollinate, bonsai, overwork, deception

catch, plunder, bag, swag, loot, booty, boodle, spoils, haul, prize

implant, establish, position, place, locate, connect, insert, build in, fix, initiate, root, instate, install, embed, set up, plant, put, ensconce

Usage examples:

• Wait on your brother's triumph; yours is next: His growth is but a wild and fruitless plant; I'll cut his barren branches to the stock, And graft you on to bear. - "The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian", John Dryden.
• Moreover, as time went on and interest in the Graft Prosecution wore thin, it was evident that Mortimer had established himself firmly in his mother- in- law's graces. - "The Sisters-In-Law", Gertrude Atherton.
• Russia hasn't built her strategic railways- all the money used up in graft.... - "The Sisters-In-Law", Gertrude Atherton.