rake-off
Example Sentences
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Their strategy for the next generation of personal technology is to control the ecosystem at every level, and to rake off a piece of all the financial transactions taking place there.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2010
He's trying to expose politicians who rake off the profits, and he recently unearthed three whistle-blowers who claim that Arroyo's husband, son and brother-in-law are involved.
From Time Magazine Archive
"As for me, I care little if they rake off this old gray head, ten or eleven years sooner than I should die in the course of nature."
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
The lower ones see the higher ones raking off, and they rake off, too—down to conductors and brakemen.
From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham
If it is mown frequently--say once or twice a week--in the periods of most vigorous growth, it will not be necessary to rake off the mowings.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)
