US intelligence indicates that President Xi Jinping’s sweeping military purge came after it emerged that widespread corruption undermined his efforts to modernize the armed forces and raised questions about China’s ability to fight a war, according to people familiar with the assessments.
China missiles filled with water, not fuel: US intelligence.
Xi seeking to root out corruption, prepare military for combat.
This comment got me wondering about the difference between grift and graft-
The grifter is a small-time confidence man, a carnival swindler, or thief of some sort or other. The grafter may be most of these things, but also may be someone who engages in the “political corruption” sense of the word graft (which we define as “the acquisition of money, position, or other profit by dishonest or questionable means, as by actual theft or by taking advantage of a public office or a position of trust or employment to obtain fees, perquisites, profits on contracts, or pay for work not done or service not performed”).
This comment got me wondering about the difference between grift and graft-
-Merriam Webster
So basically a grafter is a grifting politician