grafter in a sentence
Examples
- State-run media in Hunan called Lin the province's " No . 1 grafter, " according to the report.
- O . Henry could just as well have had the flat tax in mind when he wisely admonished in " The Gentle Grafter,"
- The tale of the triumph of a courageous girl, backed by an inimitable office boy, and the downfall of the grafter are well planned and well rendered.
- A bagman, in underworld parlance, is " one who carries the boodle, or money, from the beneficiary of a corrupt deal to the grafter ."
- Aidman guest starred on the NBC children's western, " Perry Mason " in 1960 as murderer Arthur Siddons in " The Case of the Gallant Grafter ."
- The book ends with Myfanwy's discovering one of the founders of the Grafter group in her office, wanting to discuss a potential merger of his group with the Chequy.
- It was first published in the 1907 collection " The Gentle Grafter " and has been reprinted several times, including in the 2007 collection " 41 Stories ".
- Once joined, rootstock and scion are bound together; I use a special grafting tape for this purpose, but I know one very successful grafter who prefers vinyl electrician's tape.
- A Chinese official called the " No . 1 grafter " in his province has been sentenced to death for taking bribes, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
- The Arizona senator is getting castigated as a hypocrite and grafter merely for taking part in, and playing by the rules of, a system so corrupt that noone can participate without getting smudged.