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I . skim <-mm-> [skɪm] VB trans

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1. skim (move above):

skim
скользи́ть

II . skim <-mm-> [skɪm] VB intr

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skimmed milk [ˈskɪmdˈmɪlk] N Brit, skim milk N Am no pl

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Because grease skimming involves higher viscosity hydrocarbons, skimmers must be equipped with heaters powerful enough to keep grease fluid for discharge.
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However, most often it is used as a skimming tool to add or remove foods from hot liquids such as water or oil.
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Skimming is also a problem for credit card holders, who are typically defrauded by unscrupulous scammers who operate from point of sale outlets.
www.jamaicaobserver.com
Our secure chip processing makes fraud due to skimming extremely difficult, and that's only one of our anti-fraud measures.
www.900chml.com
Figure-skimming threads flatter a hundred times better than clothes that are either too billowy or too tight.
lifestyle.inquirer.net
This is seen as being able to reduce the amount of debit card fraud caused by card skimming and duplication.
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These are quite ingenuous and hard to detect as the skimming devices do not make any noticeable changes to the original interface.
www.jamaicaobserver.com
Marketing ethics involves pricing practices, including illegal actions such as price fixing and legal actions including price discrimination and price skimming.
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He became a cooperating witness, immunized from prosecution in a criminal case in 1983 against 15 individuals charged in the skimming operation.
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We're seeing physical skimming where somebody is putting something over the read head itself.
www.bankerandtradesman.com

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