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kähveltää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • purloin verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  • secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  • snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.

Senses

kähveltää is used for these senses in English:

  • purloin (transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  • secrete (transitive) To conceal.
  • snitch (slang, dated, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.

purloin — full definition

  1. verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  2. verb To commit theft; to thieve.

secrete — full definition

  1. verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
  2. verb To hide something in a safe or concealed place.

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