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
"I've won a thousand dollars on Lauzanne—" "Come on, pard," said Old Bill, impatiently interrupting them, "let's get our rake off, an' den you kin buck to yer chum after."
From Thoroughbreds by Fraser, William Alexander
How I could rake off the crows with it in plantin' time!
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de
Ignorance, unfathomable ignorance, is at the bottom of much of it; if the Town Treasurer of Yuba Dam gets a $100 "rake off" on a paving contract, our city government is a failure.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
