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DS Posted 12 years ago
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draft meaning？

does the “draft” carry the meaning of “corruption”?if it does, why can
i find this defintion in my Merriam Webster dict?
  

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Can you give a context in which you think the word has that connotation?

— GPY

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Can you give a context in which you think the word has that connotation?
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DSdoes the “draft” carry the meaning of “corruption”?
No. I suppose you mean 'graft'.
DSwhy cani find this defintion in my Merriam Webster dict?
Please show us.
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i think i got it wrong, it is "graft" i meant
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my bad, "graft" is what i seek, thank you
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Mister MicawberNo. I suppose you mean 'graft'.
Just curious, how did you correctly guess "graft"? What does it have to do with corruption?
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GPY how did you correctly guess "graft"? What does it have to do with corruption?
Don't you use 'graft' for political bribery over there, GPY? Maybe it's just AmE.
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I saw an article on newspaper, they use the word "graft" when discussing the corruptness of Chinese government.
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Mister MicawberDon't you use 'graft' for political bribery over there, GPY? Maybe it's just AmE.
Thanks, no, I've never heard it. Of course, I should have looked in the dictionary. Some dictionaries do not say that it is specfically AmE, but Wiktionary gives the context "US, politics".

Chambers Dictionary gives "originally US" for a group of meanings,
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