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присвоить — 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

присвоить 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

  1. adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
  2. verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.
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