Russian Stealing Verbs Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text I was discussing with a friend my post about [Russian drinking verbs](http://www.freewisdom.org/en/all/entries/2006/09/26/russian_drinking_verbs/), and decided that I shouldn't leave people thinking that Russian only has extensive vocabulary for drinking-related stuff. Here is another list of verbs: * воровать (vorovat) - to steal habitually * E.g., when asked to describe Russia in just one word, a famous Russian historian replied: "Voruyut" (people steal habitually). * своровать (svorovat') - to steal something * поворовать (povorovat') - to have done some stealing and stopped * Often used in suggestions like "povorovali i khvatit" ("ok, they stole a bit, now is time to stop") * выворовывать (vyvorovyvat') - to extract something through stealing * обворовать (obvorovat') - to steal lots of things from the same person * подворовывать (podvorovyt') or приворовывать (privorovyvat') - to embezzle a little bit, as a side income * приворовываться (privorovat'sya) - to have found a position where one can embezzle safely * наворовать (navorovat') - to have stolen/embezzled a quantity of money that is enough for some specific goal * E..g, "Ivan navoroval sebe na dom" - "Ivan has already embezzled enough to buy himself a house" * навороваться (navorovat'sya) - to have stolen enough that you don't feel like stealing anymore * E.g., one could say about incumbent politicians that they "oni khotya by uzhe navorovalis'" - "at least they've already stolen enough to be happy," i.e., suggesting that we expect them to be stealing less now, unlike the new ones, which haven't yet stolen what they need. * переворовать (perevorovat') - to have stolen all of something over time * E.g. "Perevorovali vsekh loshadei" - "Eventually all the horses got stolen" * завороваться (zavorovat'sya) - to have gotten a stealing binge that one can't control * провороваться (provorovat'sya) - to have embezzled and gotten caught * довороваться (dovorovat'sya) - to have reached some undesirable end through uncontrolled stealing * "Boris dovorovalsya do tyur'my" - "Boris stole so much that he ended up in prison" * недоворовать (nedovarovat') - to steal less than everything * Sometimes used as a verb, but more often as participle - "nedovarovannoe" (that which hasn't been stole yet) * доворовывать (dovorovyvat') - to steal whatever is left * E.g., "Dovorovyvali poslenyuyu vodku" - "They were stealing whatever vodka remained". * разворовать (razvorovyvat') - to steal something by every person taking a little bit * E.g., "Razvorovali vsyu pribyl'" - "All the profit got embezzled, everyone taking a little bit" * развороваться (razvorovat'sya) - to grown comfortable stealing * извороваться (izvorovat'sya) - to have corrupted one's character through stealing too much Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Don't put anything here Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
