rake-off

However, quite apart from the profits, by supplying arms, producer countries also safeguard political control of purchasing countries, both through the rake-off paid by the arms industries to the governments of these countries and through control of their equipment.
Outre les bénéfices, les pays producteurs s'assurent par le biais de la fourniture d'armements le contrôle politique des pays acheteurs, tant par les sommes que versent les industries d'armement aux gouvernements de ces pays que par le contrôle de leur armement.
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