Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoHe fights graft, but at what cost?hexbear.netimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up189cross-posted to: politics@hexbear.net
arrow-up189imageHe fights graft, but at what cost?hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@hexbear.net
minus-squaresexywheat [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoThe fuck is “graft”?
minus-squareFlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoAnother word for misappropriation
minus-squarevery_poggers_gay [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoEntire article is built to mislead about what these people are being punished (re: held accountable) for. All the west needs to know (and nothing more) is that Xi is punishing people
minus-squarefeelingyourselfdisintergrate@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agograft /ɡrɑːft/ noun 1. a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. Medicine a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically. Evil Xi… coming for our Graft!
minus-squareyunqihao [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agograft /grăft/ noun Deceitful or fraudulent use of one’s position, especially in public office, to obtain personal profits or advantages. Money or advantage obtained by such means. intransitive verb To gain money or advantage through deceit or fraud. The untold horror of punishing corruption
minus-squareMeltyheartlove [love/loves, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI saw graft and thought grift and somehow I am still very close
minus-squarepurpleworm [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI think in Inferno it gets you thrown in a boiling pit of tar with demons throwing claws on chains at you if you try to breach the surface. I might be misremembering.
The fuck is “graft”?
Another word for misappropriation
Entire article is built to mislead about what these people are being punished (re: held accountable) for.
All the west needs to know (and nothing more) is that Xi is punishing people
graft /ɡrɑːft/ noun 1. a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.
Medicine a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.
Evil Xi… coming for our Graft!
graft /grăft/ noun
Deceitful or fraudulent use of one’s position, especially in public office, to obtain personal profits or advantages.
Money or advantage obtained by such means.
intransitive verb
To gain money or advantage through deceit or fraud.
The untold horror of punishing corruption
I saw graft and thought grift and somehow I am still very close
I think in Inferno it gets you thrown in a boiling pit of tar with demons throwing claws on chains at you if you try to breach the surface. I might be misremembering.