graft, graphed

Graft or graft mean to join a piece of one living thing to another, as human skin, or the stems of plants--
He will need a skin graft for the burns, but he will recover.
If we graft this delicate plant onto hardier root stock, it may survive the winter.

Graft or graft also means government corruption, most commonly using one's position for financial gain, or diverting government funds to personal accounts, or to family and friends--
The newspaper article accused the administration of graft and corruption.
The city's government was notorious for graft and influence-peddling.

Graphed or graphed ( rhymes with graft ) is the past tense ( yesterday, or some time ago ) of "graph", meaning to plot on a chart or grid--
He graphed the company's profits and losses on a large chart.
If we graphed the information correctly, we have had a big change in voting habits.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He graphed all the misspent funds, graft, and overcharges, and the result was printed on the paper's front page."

Note--"grafted" is the past tense of "graft", meaning to splice or join--
He grafted the rose onto a sturdier shrub.
I graft, you graft, he grafts, we are all grafting.
"Graft" may also be a noun ( thing or idea ), meaning a splice or connection made in a plant, skin, or rope--
If his graft doesn't get infected, he'll be home in a week.
Wrap these grafts with tape, and they will grow into one stalk.
Note # 2--"graph" may be a noun ( thing or idea ), meaning a chart or grid--
You can see the profits from last year on the graph.
These graphs show last year's sales.
"Graph" may also be a verb ( action word ), meaning to plot or arrange something on a grid or chart--
I graph, you graph, he graphs, we are all graphing.
Note # 3--"-graph" may also be a suffix ( added to the end of a word ), meaning a written character, or anything written or drawn--
He took a video of the ancient pictograph, hoping that someone would be able to interpret its meaning.
"Grapho-" or "graph-" may be a prefix ( added to the beginning of a word ), meaning writing, or something written or drawn--
He worked part-time as a graphologist, sometimes for law enforcement agencies.