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skim
verb
to divert a portion of your earnings or winnings to avoid paying taxes or to avoid paying your superiors in the enterprise their share US, 1966- I’m not saying it’s skimmed in Washington, but from maker to wearer it’s skimmed. — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Glory, p. 263, 1988
- He’s skimming on them. A sheet writer that used to work for Harry told a friend of mine it’s a fact. Twenty years he skimmed like two grand a week over what he made for himself. — Elmore Leonard, Riding the Rap, p. 30, 1995
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