siphoning off

At these revenue levels, the industry's practice of siphoning off half of each dollar it makes to pay itself is no longer tenable.

Democrats blame him for siphoning off critical votes from Al Gore back in 2000.

Modernisation is at best a cover-up for preserving the status quo, and at worst a way of siphoning off more public money.

The same advances have facilitated shady transactions by criminals, siphoning off money hidden in a labyrinth of technology.

Russia yesterday halted oil exports to Europe that pass via Belarus and blamed Minsk for siphoning off oil from a major transit pipeline.

I now realise he has been secretly siphoning off the leads and passing them off as his own.

He is also accused of siphoning off funds for his own enrichment.

Effectively, the "shadow banking system" has been siphoning off credit from the state-owned banks.

It will be a long shot but the prize is a big one: siphoning off some of the profits that feed Google's other ambitions.

The danger is that as the stake held by insiders falls, they have an incentive to rip off other shareholders by siphoning off money.

Mr Lee and Mr Liu are accused of siphoning off $7. 8m after the foreign ministry repaid the funds.

According to the Yangcheng Evening News, Ms He is suspected of siphoning off an estimated Rmb1. 8bn ($240m) in savings.