[zhōng bǎo, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄠˇ, 中饱 / 中飽] embezzlement; to line one's pockets with public funds; (possible etymological meaning: the middle-man makes a profit) #104,745[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Embezzlement \Em*bez"zle*ment\, n.
The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom
it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his
employer's money; embezzlement of public funds by the public
officer having them in charge.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from
another's possession; embezzlement denotes an
appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already
in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most
of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by
statute.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embezzlement
n 1: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted
to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn:
{embezzlement}, {peculation}, {defalcation},
{misapplication}, {misappropriation}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
