присво́ить — meaning in English
prisvoit
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English meaning
- appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
- embezzle verb To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
- usurp verb To seize power, a position, or a right that belongs to someone else, without any legal right to it.
Senses
присво́ить is used for these senses in English:
- appropriate (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
- 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.
- usurp To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
appropriate — full definition
- adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
- verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.