1.   But rather than repaying Bally, officials of Worldwide Gaming skimmed profits from their video poker operations, prosecutors contended.

2.   Hired by the creditors of a rubber manufacturing company in Ohio, Bush determined that the owner was skimming the profits.

3.   HMO executives skimmed huge profits while skimping on care.

4.   It also tempted investors, brokers, importers and exporters to skim profits through lucrative loopholes at the expense of both governments.

5.   Meanwhile the mob is skimming the profits.

6.   Roscoe is a scoundrel who rigs votes, skims profits and maims opponents.

7.   Authorities say he was involved in a complex scheme to skim profits from the investment of funds of the Mexican Social Security Institute.

8.   The army maintains it is an important cocaine processing center from which the rebels skim profits to bankroll their operations.