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rake off

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[rake off] {v. phr.}

To illegally expropriate part of a sum paid.

* /The secretary-treasurer of the association has been caught raking off some of the membership dues./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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