to skin, flay to rob 3 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1
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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NEW Realization 2
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'
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme soymak
meaning 1 to skin, flay
direction
meaning 2 to rob
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