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détourner — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avert verb To prevent something bad from happening.
  • deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
  • detour noun An indirect route taken instead of the direct one.
  • embezzle verb To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
  • hijack verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.
  • poach verb To cook something gently in barely simmering liquid, usually water.
  • utilise verb To make use of; to use.

Senses

détourner is used for these senses in English:

  • avert (transitive) To turn aside or away.
  • deflect (transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
  • detour (intransitive) To make a detour.
  • embezzle (legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
  • hijack To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
  • poach (business, ambitransitive) To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
  • utilise To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended

avert — full definition

  1. verb To prevent something bad from happening.
  2. verb To turn one's eyes or attention away from something.

deflect — full definition

  1. verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
  2. verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.

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