Sentence examples similar to rake off for from inspiring English sources

It showed her demanding a share for party coffers of the money that assemblymen rake off from funds the government allocates them for development work.

They encouraged them to lend to developers, in many cases taking a rake-off for party coffers.

Mr. Kirchner has also sent a message by intervening in the corrupt and inefficient state pension and social security agency, which has long served as a source of patronage and rake-offs for members of the party and the labor union elite.

As I understand it, the casinos set the numbers so that they rake off about 5% of the take.

They rake off a cut for themselves, pay bribes to the party officials who deliver the land and reward bank functionaries with sumptuous banquets and trips to Macao.

But plenty of financial planners and money managers rake off big fees just for trying.

We rake off leaves (well, some people do – I just wait for the wind to blow them into a slightly less inconvenient place).

An old-fashioned broker, he gets paid a commission (usually 2% to 4%) for placing a trade but does not rake off a percentage of his clients' assets as a fee.

So next came the variations on a theme: the Dress-make Off, the Rake Off, the Paint Off (I can't think anything ending in "ake" for that, though a Fake Off – competitive amateur forgery – might be fun).

Digested read, digested: The Great British Rake Off.

As I rake off the grass, patches of bare earth are revealed.