"cream off" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creams off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creaming off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creamed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creamed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cream off (third-person singular simple present creams off, present participle creaming off, simple past and past participle creamed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To extract the cream or creamy part from something."
      ],
      "id": "en-cream_off-en-verb-fMgrDf5p",
      "links": [
        [
          "cream",
          "cream"
        ],
        [
          "creamy",
          "creamy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 37 36 20",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 35 30 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Democracy Reloaded, page 178",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3",
          "text": "For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate (the best part of something from the regular part)."
      ],
      "id": "en-cream_off-en-verb-JJPUFL8C",
      "links": [
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 35 30 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face)."
      ],
      "id": "en-cream_off-en-verb-2fKoEN2F",
      "links": [
        [
          "cold cream",
          "cold cream"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "7 37 36 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit."
      ],
      "id": "en-cream_off-en-verb-UmLcfmQy",
      "links": [
        [
          "earn",
          "earn"
        ],
        [
          "embezzle",
          "embezzle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cream off"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
    "English verbs"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creams off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creaming off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creamed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creamed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cream off (third-person singular simple present creams off, present participle creaming off, simple past and past participle creamed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To extract the cream or creamy part from something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cream",
          "cream"
        ],
        [
          "creamy",
          "creamy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Democracy Reloaded, page 178",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3",
          "text": "For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To separate (the best part of something from the regular part)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cold cream",
          "cold cream"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earn",
          "earn"
        ],
        [
          "embezzle",
          "embezzle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cream off"
}