Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#3 of the day: SIPHON Black - TopicsExpress



          

Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#3 of the day: SIPHON Black money, whether earned legitimately or siphoned off from government-spending, is getting sucked into a vortex of shady land deals, which provide not only anonymity but assured returns. [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: Jan 26, 2014)]. In the above sentence, siphon has been used as a verb which is used to refer to illegally drawing off money for personal use. For example, The emergency aid was siphoned off by the officials. Apt synonyms of the word would be bleed and drain. The word, siphon, can also be used as a noun which denotes a pipe that is used to transfer or move a liquid from one container to another.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 06:52:25 +0000

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