siphon

Programmers are workers, so investors and management should be able to siphon off their productive value the same way they siphon off the productive value of other works.

The academic system will siphon off a ton of money before it gets to the actual scientists.

This process could literally siphon more money out of the system than all Boston Properties buildings pay.

Sure, they might trade and/or invest, but their primary function is to raise capital that they can siphon fees from.

Or just trying to siphon off value out of the system using applied phlebotinum and handwavium.

Technically, it's still a siphon i guess, just operating at higher than atmospheric pressure.

And yes it's great to see someone siphon billions of dollars away from government/taxpayers and into the hands of a select few.

I have to wonder if this was an inside job and they let him siphon those winnings.

Facebook for example is known to siphon your contact list as soon as the app is installed, so even if you remove the permissions from the fb app, it is already too late.

As I understand it microsoft is saying that they could siphon data from my computer if they deemed it necessary.

Homejoy providers had direct access to the customer base they interacted with and could siphon off those clients they built a relationship with relatively easily.

No matter what, self driving cars will siphon off some percentage of riders from public transport options, increasing the need for ever more expensive subsidies.

The word "siphon" is quoted on every use in this link, suggesting that they're not actual gravity-powered siphons.

They were allowed to siphon the pension money into "executive retention bonuses".

Add the utility business to the growing list of government supported industries Musk wants to "disrupt" by which I mean establish a publicly funded, government subsidized mechanism to siphon off dollars for himself, just like Tony Stark in fact.