high-grade
📖 Definitions
adjective
Of high quality, amount, or degree.
verb tr.
To steal, especially by taking high-quality parts from something.
💬 Usage Examples
“As we high-graded shrimp out of the stir-fry and then downed a quart of mint-chip ice cream, I see Kenny’s boyish grin unleashed from its constantly niggling awareness of his lesser status in my life.” Lee Goodman; Indefensible; Atria; 2014. “Even now, the men high-graded the best cuts of meat from whatever animal, fish, or bird they caught and threw the rest carelessly into the bush around the cabin.” Hap Wilson; Dance of the Deadmen; FriesenPress; 2019.