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Etymology edit

Assumed to be related to Romani те терес or тэ тырдэс ("to hold, to have, to take, to wait"). Established in dictionaries by the 1850s.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ты́рить (týritʹimpf (perfective поты́рить or сты́рить)

  1. (colloquial) to pinch, to nick, to steal
  2. (colloquial) to take for one's own, to misappropriate

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