cream off

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cream off

verb creams off · creaming off · creamed off

To extract the cream or creamy part from something.
To separate (the best part of something from the regular part). Manuel points out that the real cost of corruption is not what is actually embezzled or creamed off the top: The best thing these people could do is just take from the public treasury directly, because that would be much less expensive.
To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face).
figuratively To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit.

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verb To extract the cream or creamy part

Español	descremar, desnatar
Deutsch	abrahmen, absahnen

verb To separate the best of

Deutsch	abrahmen, absahnen

verb To earn a part of the profit of

Español	esquilmar, sacar provecho de
Deutsch	abzwacken, abknappen, abknapsen, abknausern

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@misc{cream_off_2026,
  title = {cream off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cream%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}