English Dictionary

rake-off

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

不正な事業や賭博などにおいて、第三者が、賄賂や仲介手数料などの名目で金銭の一定割合を不当に取得する金額または行為を指す。 / カジノゲームにおいて、ポットから手数料として差し引かれる一定割合の金銭

The corrupt manager arranged a secret rake-off from each vendor's payment, lining his pockets with the illicit percentage.

その汚職まみれのマネージャーは各業者の支払いから秘密裏にキックバックを取り、その不正な取り分で自分の懐を膨らませていた。

意味（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.

rake-offs （ plural ）