1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.

3. (n.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

4. (n.) 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.

5. (n.) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

6. (n.) To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

7. (n.) To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

8. (v. i.) To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

abstraction affix anchor annex annexation appropriation attach ballot-box stuffing belay blackmail boodle boodling boosting booty bribery bribery and corruption bribing bud bunco campaign contribution campaign fund cardsharping cement cheat cheating cinch clamp clinch conversion conveyance corruption cozenage cramp diddle diddling dishonesty dodge embedment embezzlement engraft entrance extortion fasten filching fishy transaction fix flam flimflam fraud fraudulence fraudulency gerrymandering grafting grapple grift gyp gyp joint haul hot goods illicit business imp impaction impactment implant implantation imposition imposture inarch infixion infusion injection inoculation insert insertion insinuation interjection interpolation introduction intromission jobbery join kickback knit liberation lifting loot make fast moor nepotism payola penetration perfusion perks perquisite pickings pilferage pilfering pinching plunder poaching political intrigue pork barrel pork-barrel legislation pork-barreling prize public till public tit public trough put to racket scam scion screw up scrounging secure set set to shoot shoplifting slush fund snatching sneak thievery snitching splice spoil spoils spoils of office spoils system squeeze stealage stealing stealings stolen goods subornation swag swindle swiping take tessellation theft thievery thieving tighten till transplant transplantation trice up trim