Sentences with 'siphoned'
Example sentences and phrases with the word siphoned and other words derived from it.
• « At the same time, the vast amount of wealth captured in military campaigns was often siphoned off by the elites, who found ways to seize large portions of land and plunder with each campaign. »
• « All the wealth that came into the Church, from a compulsory tax called the tithe, was siphoned off to the top of the institutional Church, and many of the high-ranking priests lived like princes as a result. Morality in this scenario was, predictably, lax. »