Professional Ways to Say "someone has been"
Learn the tone, meaning, and better English alternatives around "someone has been" with real scene examples.
Someone has been siphoning money from the family account.
It means someone has been secretly taking money from the shared account over time.
From I Think My Wife Wants To Kill Me S2, Episode 50
When do people say this?
Scene Context
Someone is accusing an unknown person of stealing money from the family account.
Usage Scenario
Use this when accusing someone of hidden theft or fraud in a serious conversation. It sounds serious and suspicious, so it is not casual everyday English.
Better ways to say it
Someone has been siphoning money from the family account.
Someone's been taking money from the family account.
Money has been going missing from the family account.
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