- embezzlement and theft
- n.贪污与盗窃
English-Chinese dictionary of mining (英汉矿业大词典). 2013.
embezzlement and theft
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theft — /theft/, n. 1. the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny. 2. an instance of this. 3. Archaic. something stolen. [bef. 900; ME; OE thefth, theofth; see THIEF, TH1; c. ON thyfth … Universalium
theft — theft, larceny, robbery, burglary mean the act or crime of stealing, though they have differences in legal application. The same differences in implications and applications are observable in the agent nouns thief, larcener or larcenist, robber,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Embezzlement — Embezzler redirects here. For the film, see The Embezzler. Criminal law … Wikipedia
theft — A popular name for larceny. The act of stealing. The taking of property without the owner s consent. People v. Sims, 29 Ill.App.3d 815, 331 N.E.2d 178, 179. The fraudulent taking of personal property belonging to another, from his possession, or… … Black's law dictionary
theft — n [Old English thiefth]: larceny; broadly: a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent ◇ Theft commonly encompasses by statute a variety of forms of stealing formerly treated as distinct crimes. grand theft: theft of… … Law dictionary
embezzlement — I noun appropriation, breach of trust, cheating, defalcation, fraud, fraudulent appropriation, fraudulent appropriation of money, fraudulent conversion, larceny, malversation, misappropriation, peculation, pilfering, purloining, stealing, swindle … Law dictionary
THEFT AND ROBBERY — (Heb. גְּנֵבָה וּגְזֵלָה). An object which is in the possession of a person without the consent of its owner or any other person having a right thereto, when that person knows – or should know – that the latter does not consent, is considered to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Theft — In criminal law, theft (also known as stealing or filching) is the illegal taking of another person s property without that person s freely given consent. As a term, it is used as shorthand for all major crimes against property, encompassing… … Wikipedia
embezzlement — See embezzle. * * * Crime of fraudulently appropriating property entrusted to one s care and converting it to one s own use. It occurs when a person gains possession of goods lawfully and then misappropriates them. It thus stands in contrast to… … Universalium
theft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. larceny, stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. robbery, racket, thievery, larceny, stealing, swindling, swindle, cheating, defrauding, rapacity, fraud, piracy, burglary, pillage, pilfering, plunder,… … English dictionary for students
embezzlement — The fraudulent appropriation of property by one lawfully entrusted with its possession. To embezzle means willfully to take, or convert to one s own use, another s money or property, of which the wrongdoer acquired possession lawfully, by reason… … Black's law dictionary
