食夾棍 (sik6 gaap3 gwan3) — to take an extra percentage out of a deal for which one is acting as middleman in Cantonese

sikˍ₆gaap˗₃gwan˗₃
食夹棍
Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 jia1 gun4

Meaning of 食夾棍

nounto take an extra percentage out of a deal for which one is acting as middleman
nounto be a scapegoat (from the 夾棍 (squeezing) form of execution)
nounto double-cross

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