riistää — meaning in English

English meaning

abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
bereave verb To take something away from someone forcibly.
deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
disappoint verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
divest verb To take something away from someone, such as a right or privilege.
exploit noun A bold or notable achievement, especially a daring one.
extort verb To obtain money or something else by threats, force, or abuse of power.
intercept verb To stop or catch something before it reaches its destination.
profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
rifle noun A long-barreled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
wrest verb To pull or twist something suddenly and with force.

riistää is used for these senses in English:

abridge (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
disappoint (transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
extort (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
profit (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
rifle (transitive) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.