Rake Off (Verb)
Meaning
Take money from an illegal transaction.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The corrupt businessman used the company's expense account to rake off millions in illicit profits.
- He was accused of raking off a significant portion of the stolen funds for personal gain.
- The conspiracy involved politicians and corporate executives who would rake off substantial bribes from the deal.
- She was suspected of raking off a large sum from the laundered money and hiding it in offshore accounts.
- It was discovered that he had been secretly raking off a percentage of the embezzled funds for years.