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Definition of Rake-off
1. Noun. A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster.
Definition of Rake-off
1. Noun. A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe or as part of an unlawful enterprise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rake-off
Literary usage of Rake-off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"At the end of each game Collins would take a portion of the chips as a "rake-off."
The chips remaining in the hands of the winners at the end of a game ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel (1874)
"t). a. to unstring (as beads) ïb'raupen, (го.) va to rid or clear (trees Ac.)
of caterpillar*. [to rake off ..."
3. As it is in the Philippines by Charles Ballentine (1902)
"... rake-off.—Normal School in Zambales.— The Great Success of the Nautical School
in Manila. —Devotion of Pupils to Lieutenant Commander Knapp. ..."
4. The British Columbia Reports Being Report of Cases Determined in the Supreme by British Columbia Courts, Law Society of British Columbia (1900)
"As to whether the rake-off is compulsory or not, the evidence is that the nightly
rake-off runs from $10 a night up, and is taken by the croupiers from the ..."
5. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields: A Thrilling Narrative of by William B. Haskell (1898)
"... Settling Up — "Shorty's" Fatal Forgetfulness — Few Instances of Shooting Now —
Ruling Prices in Saloons — The "Rake Off" — When "Swiftwater Bill" Breaks ..."
6. Digest, Canadian Case Law by Walter Edwin Lear (1920)
"The premises is therefore a disorderly house within the meaning of section 226 (a)
of the Criminal Code. e-, Q control the betting and deduct the rake-off. ..."
7. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"rake-off. An unlawful profit. 1909 What need of more proof that the gardener's
drifting to sea was a lie, and that the boatman was in the plot for a ..."
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