siphoning
Transferring liquid gradually
Siphoning is drawing liquid from one container to another through a tube, using gravity and atmospheric pressure—the classic method for stealing gasoline from a car's tank.
By extension, siphoning describes any gradual, often illicit transfer: He was siphoning funds from the company into offshore accounts.
The word implies steady, quiet extraction rather than sudden theft.
Hollow cylindrical passage
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- gravityMutual mass attraction
tank · fuel · gasoline · aquarium · bucket · container · draw · extract
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- skimmingPassing lightly over
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
funneling · stealing · pilferage · peculation · defalcation · laundering · kickbacks · slush fund
Depleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- extractingPulling out from within
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
- brain drainEmigration of skilled workers
talent · capital · profits · energy · wealth · funding · subsidies · revenue
Channel for wastewater
- runoffExcess water drainage
- pump outExpel by mechanical force
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- floodwaterExcess from swollen rivers
bilge · basement · well · cesspool · septic · wastewater · stormwater · overflow
tube
Hollow cylindrical passage
gravity · tank · fuel · gasoline · aquarium · bucket · container · draw · extract · suck
embezzlement
Fraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- misappropriationWrongful taking of entrusted assets
- skimmingPassing lightly over
diverting · funneling · stealing · pilferage · peculation · defalcation · laundering · kickbacks · slush fund · offshore
draining
Depleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- extractingPulling out from within
- divertingAgreeably attention-stealing
brain drain · talent · capital · profits · energy · wealth · funding · subsidies · revenue · workforce
drain
Channel for wastewater
- runoffExcess water drainage
- pump outExpel by mechanical force
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
floodwater · bilge · basement · well · cesspool · septic · wastewater · stormwater · overflow · channel
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- extractingmining, drilling, juicing, pulling, yanking
- extractionmining, excavation, distillation, filtration, extraction
- fluid handlingpump, pipe, hose, valve, nozzle
- removing excesspruning, trimming, skimming, draining, filtering
- auto crimescar theft, auto theft, carjacking, grand theft auto, stolen car
siphoningfilling
Material placed within
replenishing · refilling · adding · infusing · injecting
siphoningdumping
Disposing carelessly or abruptly
decanting · pumping · tipping · ladling · pressurizing
siphoningcontributing
Giving to a cause
donating · investing · depositing · building up · restoring
siphon, siphons, siphoned, syphon, syphoned, syphoning, syphons