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The US insisted on the condition in an effort to ensure that the badly- needed food was not siphoned off for the North Korean military .

Earlier this year a state regulator siphoned off some of Ambac's most toxic assets and put them into "rehabilitation" .

But these formulae are complex, and as the money passes through town halls some gets siphoned off to pay for school buses and the like.

Corruption is so rampant that, at best, the funds get siphoned off; at worst, they are used for terrorism.

He siphoned off profits from the business into a secret bank account.

construction boom of the oil-rich states has siphoned off many skilled construction workers from Egypt, Pakistan, and India.

Stories abounded about large sums being siphoned off by contractors during the construction phase.

Funds appropriated for the imperial navy were siphoned off to make Yi-He-Yuan an increasingly luxurious private park.

And even where you can spot talent, much of the extra performance may be siphoned off into higher fees.

Some of which sit barrels and siphoned off the difference is the difference.

The excess could be siphoned off or removed with a pipette.

Instead, to raise funds, the government nationalised the pension system and siphoned off some of the Central Bank's reserves.

Money that was supposed to build better drains in Gonaï ves after Hurricane Jeanne was siphoned off, says a UN official.

CO2 from the conversion of the gas can be siphoned off.

Corruption is so rampant that, at best, the funds get siphoned off;