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siphon off
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Princeton's WordNet
siphon, syphon, siphon offverb
convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of siphon off in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of siphon off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of siphon off in a Sentence
Lebanon's main political parties, including Hezbollah, the Free Patriotic Movement, the Future Movement, the Lebanese Forces, the Amal Movement, and others, have benefited from the port's ambiguous status and poor governance and accountability structures, political parties have installed loyalists in prominent positions in the port, often positioning them to accrue wealth, siphon off state revenues, smuggle goods, and evade taxes in ways that benefit them or people connected to them.
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