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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
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Do both these sentences mean the same:
a) "Mrs Santos has been accused of siphoning millions of dollars from her country."
b) "Mrs Santos has been accused of deviating millions of dollars from her country."
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" That "siphoning" is an imprecise, picturesque, even euphemistic way of saying "stealing". There is no procedure for taking money from a country that is known as siphoning. " "Deviating" does not work.
- " That "siphoning" is an imprecise, picturesque, even euphemistic way of saying "stealing".
- There is no procedure for taking money from a country that is known as siphoning.
- " "Deviating" does not work.
- People say "diverting" there, to use a similar word, but that is no better than "siphoning".
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Christine Christiea) "Mrs Santos has been accused of siphoning millions of dollars from her country."
That "siphoning" is an imprecise, picturesque, even euphemistic way of saying "stealing". There is no procedure for taking money from a country that is known as siphoning.
Christine Christieb) "Mrs Santos has been accused of devi
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