siphon sth off
also syphon sth off— phrasal verb with siphon also syphon uk/ˈsaɪ.fən/us/ˈsaɪ.fən/verb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
to dishonestly take money from an organization or other supply, and use it for a purpose for which it was not intended:
He lost his job when it was discovered that he had been siphoning off money from the company for his own use.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fraud & corruption
- baksheesh
- blackmail
- buy sb off
- cook
- cook the books idiom
- corrupt
- corruption
- fraudulent accounting
- front for sth
- game-fixing
- get at sb
- graft
- impersonate
- imposture
- perjury
- Ponzi scheme
- rort
- shell
- suborn
- swindle
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