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▸ verb: (idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.
Similar:
borrow from Peter to pay Paul,
bite the hand that feeds one,
profiteer,
steal someone's thunder,
move the problem,
exploit,
malcompensate,
game,
impropriate,
purloin,
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