Sentence examples for they rake off from inspiring English sources

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.

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

If Napoli and Bern took the typical 33% fee, then they raked off $333 million in legal fees.

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).

International naval patrols in the Indian Ocean have reduced the success rate of pirates, but the fight against piracy should be extended to the godfathers, mostly based in the Gulf, who finance hijackings and rake off much of the ransom.

With his puckish wit and number-crunching facility, he skewers fund managers who rake off fat fees or chase fads like Internet stocks.

Rake off as much root as possible.

Hardshell clams are either raked off beaches where they grow naturally or their beds are "seeded" (seed clams are sown onto beaches leased from Washington State).

They also developed a plastic tongue cleaner for raking off plaque.

He derides Grayling's creation as Oxbridge on Thames, "raking off money from the rich" and thus relegating existing universities to a second division.

Will the banks use the government scheme to charge high interest rates with the risk underwritten by the taxpayer, and the profit raked off to pay bankers' bonuses?