siphoned off

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• siphon off something — siphon off (something) to take something that was intended for someone or something else. The dictator and his close friends siphoned off up to 20 percent of the annual budget. The donated food was mostly siphoned off and sold, while the needy… …   New idioms dictionary

• siphon off — (something) to take something that was intended for someone or something else. The dictator and his close friends siphoned off up to 20 percent of the annual budget. The donated food was mostly siphoned off and sold, while the needy got almost… …   New idioms dictionary

• siphon off —    If someone siphons something off, they transfer something from one place to another, often illegally.     It was discovered that he had siphoned off money from the business into an account in a tax haven …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• siphon — [[t]sa͟ɪf(ə)n[/t]] siphons, siphoning, siphoned also syphon 1) VERB If you siphon liquid from a container, you make it come out through a tube and down into a lower container by enabling the pressure of the air on it to push it out. [V n prep]… …   English dictionary

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• siphon — I UK [ˈsaɪf(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms siphon : present tense I/you/we/they siphon he/she/it siphons present participle siphoning past tense siphoned past participle siphoned 1) siphon or siphon off to move liquid from one container… …   English dictionary

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