siphon off

• Verbe à particule signifiant transvaser ou déplacer un liquide d'un récipient à un autre à l'aide d'un siphon, ou au sens figuré, détourner ou rediriger des ressources, de l'argent ou des personnes.

A phrasal verb meaning to draw off or transfer liquid from one container to another using a siphon, or figuratively to divert or channel resources, money, or people away from something.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Transfer liquidformal

   To draw off or transfer a liquid from one container to another using a tube or siphon.

   transvaser par siphon

   • He siphoned off some gasoline from the car's tank.
   • The winemaker siphoned off the clear wine from the sediment.
   • They siphoned off water from the flooded basement.

   Synonymesdraindraw offextractpumpsiphontap

2. Divert resources or moneyinformal

   To secretly or dishonestly divert money, resources, or people for one's own use.

   Détourner des fonds ou des ressources

   • The corrupt official siphoned off funds from the charity.
   • The company siphoned off profits to offshore accounts.
   • They siphoned off the best employees to a new department.

   Synonymesappropriatedivertembezzlefunnelmisappropriatepocketskimsteal

Verbe de basesiphon