milking
v.to try to get as much money, help, or attention as possible from a situation. You use this when someone is taking advantage of something for too long.
v.to exploit a situation or a person's feelings to obtain the maximum possible benefit or advantage. Often carries a negative connotation of greed or dishonesty.
“He is milking his injury to get extra time off work.”
“The actor is still milking his one famous role from twenty years ago to get free meals at restaurants.”
“While the initial success of the product was genuine, the company is now accused of milking the brand by releasing low-quality sequels that offer no real innovation.”
The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object representing the source of the benefit.
Milking is transitive in this sense; it does not require the preposition 'from' before the object.
“His family runs a 320-strong dairy herd, milking three times a day.”