Grafts
/ˈɡræfts/
Definitions
- (n.) Illegal payments or bribes given to government officials in exchange for favors or influence.
The politician was investigated for accepting grafts from contractors.
- (n.) The act or process of transplanting living tissue surgically from one part to another or from one individual to another, recognized in medical law contexts.
The hospital was found liable for complications arising from the skin grafts.
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The term 'grafts' can refer to either illegal payments (plural of 'graft' as bribe) or multiple instances of surgical transplants; legal context determines meaning.
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