siphon off

1. To suck or draw off a liquid from or out of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "siphon" and "off." The thief was caught siphoning off gas from cars parked around the city. You'll want to siphon any excess oil off from the top of the solution.

2. By extension, to take funds, especially illegally or deceitfully, from another source in small increments. A noun or pronoun can be used between "siphon" and "off." The CEO has been accused of siphoning money off from his employees' pensions funds to pay for his personal trips around the world. The sales assistant siphoned off money from the till for years before she was finally caught.

siphon something off

(from something)

1. Lit. to suck or draw a liquid off from something. Harry siphoned the cream off the milk. He siphoned off the cream.

2. Fig. to embezzle or steal something a little at a time. The teller had been siphoning money off for years. she siphoned off a few dollars from the collection every week or so.

siphon off

1. To draw off or convey something through or as if through a siphon: I used a tube to siphon off the excess water in the fish tank. The lawn mower ran out of gas, so we siphoned some off from the car's gas tank.

2. To appropriate some money illegally or dishonestly: The managers were siphoning off money from the foundation and putting it into secret accounts. The dictator siphoned millions of dollars off and hid the money in private bank accounts.

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释义	siphon off siphon off 1. To suck or draw off a liquid from or out of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "siphon" and "off." The thief was caught siphoning off gas from cars parked around the city. You'll want to siphon any excess oil off from the top of the solution. 2. By extension, to take funds, especially illegally or deceitfully, from another source in small increments. A noun or pronoun can be used between "siphon" and "off." The CEO has been accused of siphoning money off from his employees' pensions funds to pay for his personal trips around the world. The sales assistant siphoned off money from the till for years before she was finally caught. See also: off, siphon Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. siphon something off (from something) 1. Lit. to suck or draw a liquid off from something. Harry siphoned the cream off the milk. He siphoned off the cream. 2. Fig. to embezzle or steal something a little at a time. The teller had been siphoning money off for years. she siphoned off a few dollars from the collection every week or so. See also: off, siphon McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. siphon off v. 1. To draw off or convey something through or as if through a siphon: I used a tube to siphon off the excess water in the fish tank. The lawn mower ran out of gas, so we siphoned some off from the car's gas tank. 2. To appropriate some money illegally or dishonestly: The managers were siphoning off money from the foundation and putting it into secret accounts. The dictator siphoned millions of dollars off and hid the money in private bank accounts. See also: off, siphon The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: base off (of) (something else) check off bite off blow off blow someone/something off blow off the map brass off brass someone off brassed off call off References in periodicals archive "Israel could lay a pipeline horizontally to siphon off Lebanese gas, which is sitting only 4 kilometers away from the new discovered Israeli field," Bassil said. Bassil: Israel can siphon off Lebanese oil, gas Corrupt politicians and bureaucrats alike impede economic growth when they siphon off development funds or engage in sweetheart business deals with their chums. Rotting from the inside: Free market pains? No, Argentina's problems spring from a culture of corruption. (Trade Talk) Still, he was superb as Ronnie, a lorry driver who'd let someone siphon off his load. Ian Hyland's TV week: Roylety in his blood Thanks in part to the appointment of Yeltsin's son-in-law as the company's head, Berezovsky was able to siphon off huge chunks of Aeroflot's considerable hard currency earnings through a series of shell companies in Switzerland. GODFATHER OF THE KREMLIN: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia Study scientists found that drainage ditches, which are commonly used on farms to siphon off stormwater and control rice field water levels, trapped 60-90% of a liquid pesticide formulation that had been injected into the system prior to the test. The Beat They had not themselves been paid a salary or other compensation, and are not relatives of H; they had no financial or other incentive to allow H to siphon off dividends in the form of salary. Seven-factor test for reasonable compensation was not valid I would happily take my entire 401(k) and endow any university that would siphon off a fraction of its funds for studying the effects of glamorized depictions of heavy artillery and put it toward research into the psychic damage wrought by ignorant people saying stupid things in such a manner that many others can hear them. Out of the Past "Now is not the time to siphon off desperately needed money for a program that will affect at most 3 percent of the system's 70,000 students at a cost of more than $6 million," she wrote. Vouchers Not The Answer To School Woes, Says First Lady The rightwing voucher movement is seizing on the poor quality of many of our schools as an excuse to gut the whole project of public education and siphon off public money into private schools. Money and classes Built on the premise of greater convenience at competitive prices, the company had ambitious plans to siphon off FTD market share by taking orders through a toll-free phone line and filling them at local retail shops. This bud's for you The accused was able to siphon off Dh48,000, by forging 10 invoices, he pointed out. Engineer forges invoices, embezzles Dh48,000 in UAE A CLEANER at a Birmingham hospital who used a dying patient's stolen savings book in a bid to siphon off pounds 8,000 has been jailed for nine months. Cash siphoned off as OAP lay dying; COURT: Jail for hospital cleaner who used patient's stolen passbook Officials in Ballymena want to siphon off methane from a landfill site at Ballymacvea outside the Co Antrim town. Council's methane gas hope Porridgery isn't the only business that may see its sales tumble in the next few years as manufacturers of more glamorous merchandise siphon off expendable cash. Grueling experiences
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