English Dictionary

cream off

verb

To extract the cream or creamy part from something. / To separate (the best part of something from the regular part). / To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face).

She likes to cream off the top of her coffee.

意味（1）

To extract the cream or creamy part from something.

意味（2）

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.

意味（3）

To use a cream (cold cream) to remove something (usually makeup, from one's face).

意味（4）

(figuratively) To earn, or embezzle, a percentage of a profit.