also: ちゃくぶく · ちゃくぼく
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing
Used for taking money or property that one is responsible for and making it one's own. Common in news and legal-style reporting, often as 金を着服する or 着服した疑い.
社員が会社の資金を着服した疑いで逮捕された。
An employee was arrested on suspicion of embezzling company funds.
彼は集めた会費を着服していた。
He had been pocketing the membership fees he collected.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
dressing oneself; putting on clothes
A literal clothing-related use of 着服する. In modern everyday Japanese, 服を着る or 着用する is normally used instead, so this sense can sound rare or formal and may be confused with the embezzlement meaning.
古い文章では、「着服する」が服を着ることを表す場合がある。
In older writing, 着服する can mean putting on clothes.