What does Plunkitt describe as honest graft? Collecting votes for elections by bribing voters Taking money from the city treasury by forging documents Using inside knowledge to profit from city construction projects My party’s in power in the city … . Well, I’m tipped off, say, that they’re going to lay out a new park at a certain place. I see my opportunity and I take it. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood… . Ain’t it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit on my investment and foresight? Of course, it is. Well, that’s honest graft.