intent of unlawful appropriation
Legal term used in criminal law, especially in theft and embezzlement cases, to describe the offender's intention to treat another's property as their own.
For the crime of theft to be established, intent of unlawful appropriation is required.
Compound of 不法 (unlawful) + 領得 (appropriation) + の (possessive particle) + 意思 (intent). A direct legal term with no known historical derivation beyond its components.