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US spending on the war in Ukraine has already reached $135 billion according to CSIS (www.csis.org)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I feel like graft might just be an autocorrect gaff of grift, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Other way around. Graft has been used (the political way) since mid 1800s. Grift didn't show up until early 1900s.

    According to our good dictionary friends anyway. Etymology nerds.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grift

    "Grift may have come from graft, a slightly older word meaning "to acquire dishonestly.""

    There's a bunch of other sources saying something generally the same if you care enough to go down rabbit holes.

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