掏空

tāokōng
  1. to hollow out
  2. to empty out
  3. to use up
  4. (finance) tunneling

CEDICT

finance

Entry Composition

=1 掏 tāo
  1. to fish out (from pocket)
  2. to scoop
=1 掏 tāo variant of 掏 tāo
2 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain