raking

/ ˈreɪkɪŋ /

noun

1. rugby the offence committed when a player deliberately scrapes an opponent's leg, arm, etc, with the studs of his or her boots

Example Sentences

B. Meat packers are “corporate criminals” and Tyson Foods is abusing its “corporate market power and raking in record profits by jacking up meat prices.”

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In April, the United Nations warned that Chinese and Southeast Asian gangs are raking in tens of billions of dollars a year through cyber scam centres.

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There will be raking, and pile-making, and paper sacks stuffed with leaves, arrayed along curbs like defensive bulwarks.

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Fox, a graphic artist and emcee for Atlanta-based indie label Awful Records at the time, was posting absurdly funny tweets under the alias “Bootymath,” raking in tens of thousands of followers.

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It became the most-viewed YouTube video of all time in November 2020, at the height of the pandemic, after raking up seven billion views.

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Related Words

• comb 
• scour 
• scrape