SIPHONED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

siphoned

verb

variants also syphoned

past tense of siphon

as in drained

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely I let the stranded motorist siphon some of my gas so he could be on his way

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as in funneled

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway investigators discovered that the so-called charitable organization was siphoning funds for personal use

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Recent Examples of siphoned Once considered competitive territory, the district was transformed into safe Republican ground after Democratic mapmakers packed it with conservative voters siphoned from neighboring GOP seats. —

Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2026 Afterward, the water is discharged into the Sacramento River through an 800-foot-long pipe, with a portion siphoned off for crop irrigation. —

Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 But consumers have complained that the advent of Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, which require consumers pay a subscription fee, has affected their wallet as the NFL has siphoned multiple games to the services in recent years. —

Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026 Losing the morning game to Arvada West junior ace Cooper Vais, whose snap dragon slider produced 10 strikeouts in a 3-2 muzzling, could have siphoned confidence. —

Troy Renck, Denver Post, 31 May 2026 Famously, in 2012, around $18 million worth of maple syrup was siphoned from a warehouse in Canada. —

Olivia Potts, Longreads, 28 May 2026 Still, data and intellectual property are siphoned off to rich countries, echoing centuries-old dynamics of colonial extraction. —

Literary Hub, 28 May 2026 When water is syphoned, the storage pod automatically refills at about 400 gallons per minute. —

Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026 Wall Street pros see investors’ attention and capital inevitably being siphoned away from Musk’s electric-vehicle maker and to his shiny new toy. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026

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Tied with Charley Hull, Gaby Lopez and In Gee Chun at seven under, Korda drained a birdie on 17 to take the lead before her par putt of 18 curled into the hole.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The Glen Canyon Institute and canyon activists for years have argued that Lake Powell should be drained and the Colorado River allowed to again flow freely through Glen Canyon.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026