to skin, flay → to rob 5 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 50970)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme oderati
meaning 1 to skin, flay
direction →
meaning 2 to charge an excessively high price for work, service or goods
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 49908)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme nyúz
meaning 1 to skin, flay

birkát nyúz, nyulat nyúz


to skin a sheep, to skin a rabbit

direction →
meaning 2 to continuously take a lot of money from somebody; to extort, to blackmail

1. A bankok nyúzták a gazdákat. 

2.Némely ügyvéd nyúzta ügyfeleit.

3. A magyarokat nemcsak a török nyúzza, hanem az osztrák is. (Gárdonyi Géza)


1. The banks ripped off the farmers.

2. Some lawyers ripped off their clients.

3. Hungarians are ripped off not only by the Turks, but also by the Austrians. (Géza Gárdonyi)

reference MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 19919)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme beli
meaning 1 to skin, flay
direction →
meaning 2 to rob
reference MDA2
comment From Latin vello, vellere 'to pluck out (feathers etc), to depilate, to pull or tear down; to demolish'
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 50968)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme одерати (oderati)
meaning 1 to skin, flay

Ne postoji nož sa kojim ćemo da oborimo kladu i onda da njime oderemo životinju.


There is no knife with which we can cut down a log and then use it to skin an animal.

direction →
meaning 2 to rob

Realno,ako je neko spreman dati tri i po milje za stvar koja je koštala tristo pedeset dinara,onda je budala i treba ga oderati.


Really, if someone is ready to give three and a half millions for something that cost three hundred and fifty dinars, then he is a fool and should be robbed.

reference РСЈ: 858 PDRS (Serbian Web)
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 19918)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme soymak
meaning 1 to skin, flay
direction →
meaning 2 to rob
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