Noun
A percentage of an amount of money taken by a third-party as a bribe, as part of an unlawful enterprise, or as a commission from the pot of a casino game.
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The local party machines took control of the cajas, the local savings banks. They encouraged them to lend to developers, in many cases taking a rake-off for party coffers.
Noun
a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
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