hive off

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hive off - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hive off
      v 1: remove from a group and make separate; "The unit was hived
           off from its parent company"
      2: withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often
         secretly and with dishonest intentions [syn: divert, hive   off
         ]