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graft

/ɡrɑːft/

B1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

Tissue transplanted to another site or person.

A skin graft covered the burn.

Similar: transplant, implant

Origin: Greek graphion 'stylus'.

Topic: Surgery in Medical English

Business noun

The acquisition of money or advantage through corrupt use of a position of power.

The anti-corruption unit was set up specifically to root out graft in the state-owned enterprises.

Similar: corruption, bribery, kickbacks

Topic: Corporate governance in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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