Definitions of siphon off. verb. convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon. synonyms: siphon, syphon. type of: draw, take out.

Is siphon off an idiom?

Fig. to embezzle or steal something a little at a time. The teller had been siphoning money off for years. she siphoned off a few dollars from the collection every week or so.

How do you spell siphoned off?

or sy·phon

to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon (sometimes followed by off): to siphon water; to siphon off profits into a secret bank account.