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rake-off

[reyk-awf, -of] / ˈreɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf /








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But the men with no fingerprints won’t permit it, those athletic directors and presidents who have subverted college athletics into a rake-off while pretending to govern them.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2019

In the days when there were as many as 25 ships in the harbor, the capataces' rake-off amounted to $25,000 a week.

From Time Magazine Archive

The charge: Abdulgani was involved in a $130,000 rake-off from the firms that printed the 43 million ballots for last year's Indonesian elections.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their proposition was to get the manufacturers Government contracts in return for a 3% rake-off.

From Time Magazine Archive

True, a few gems were found, but nothing to compare with their rake-off.

From Chums of the Camp Fire by Lawrence J. Leslie




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