rake-off

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rake-off

noun rake-offs

A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game. The local party machines took control of the cajas, the local savings banks. They encouraged them to lend to developers, in many cases taking a rake-off for party coffers.

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@misc{rake_off_2026,
  title = {rake-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rake-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}