piece of the action

piece of the action
   a share in the proceeds or enjoyment of vice, illegality, or any taboo activity
   Usually prostitution, narcotics, or gambling. Occasionally also of someone trying to benefit from the enterprise or initiative of another:
    He has claimed a piece of the action in the video production of operas at Covent Garden. {Private Eye, May 1981)
   See also action1.

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