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Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force 8,000% above market for soap dispensers

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cebert ◴[21 Nov 24 04:33 UTC] No.42201147[source]▶
> “The Air Force needs to establish and implement more effective internal controls to help prevent overpaying for spare parts for the remainder of this contract, which continues through 2031,” said Inspector General Robert Storch.

I wonder if these egregious examples of expenses are due to lack of controls or intentional corruption.

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nathanaldensr ◴[21 Nov 24 06:00 UTC] No.42201543[source]▶
"I'm shocked--shocked!--that grift is occurring in this establishment!"
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Sniffnoy ◴[21 Nov 24 06:02 UTC] No.42201554[source]▶
I have to point out here, I think the word you're looking for is "graft".
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1. NLips ◴[21 Nov 24 06:07 UTC] No.42201582{3}[source]▶
No, it’s “grift”: https://www.wordnik.com/words/grift
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2. Sniffnoy ◴[21 Nov 24 06:20 UTC] No.42201640[source]▶
No, it's not. "Grift" is a count noun. You can't say "grift is occurring here"; you can say "a grift is occuring here", or "grifts are occurring here", but not just "grift is occurring here". Meanwhile, "graft", in the sense of the abuse of an office for personal gain, is a mass noun and can be used this way. Perhaps the commenter's mistake was leaving out an article rather than using the wrong word? The latter seems more likely to me, however.