私吞

sītūn
  1. to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. to embezzle

CEDICT

to misappropriate; to embezzle

Wiktionary

私自占有。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 私 sī
  1. personal
  2. private
  3. selfish
2 吞 tūn
  1. to swallow
  2. to take

Related entries

貪占 tānzhàn to misappropriate
中飽 zhōngbǎo
  1. to embezzle
  2. to misappropriate
  3. to line one's pockets with public funds
盜取 dàoqǔ
  1. to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account)
  2. to misappropriate
拐 guǎi
  1. to turn (a corner etc)
  2. to kidnap
  3. to swindle
  4. to misappropriate
  5. seven (used as a substitute for 七 qī)
  6. variant of 枴 guǎi
我們拐錯彎了。

We took a wrong turn.

Source: Tatoeba

挪用 nuóyòng
  1. to shift (funds)
  2. to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another
  3. to embezzle
  4. to misappropriate
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