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rakeoff

rakeoff is the alternative form of rake-off.

Meaning of rake-off

Noun

rake-off (plural rake-offs)

  1. 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.2012 November 24, “Spain and Catalonia: The trials of keeping a country together”, in The Economist

Forms of rakeoff

pluralrakeoffs

Questions about rakeoff

What is rakeoff the alternative form of?
Rakeoff is the alternative form of rake-off.

Words near rakeoff in the dictionary

  1. rakehood
  2. rakeless
  3. rakelike
  4. rakemaker
  5. rakemakers
  6. rakeoff
  7. rakeoffs
  8. rakeout
  9. raker
  10. rakeries
  11. rakers

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