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横領罪 (おうりょうざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

横おう領りょう罪ざい

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Meanings

1

embezzlement; misappropriation

Legal term for the crime of embezzlement or fraudulent appropriation of property entrusted to one's care.

彼かれは

会かい

社しゃ

の

金かね

を

着ちゃく

服ふく

し

、

横おう

領りょう

罪ざい

で

起き

訴そ

さ

れ

た

。

He embezzled company funds and was indicted for embezzlement.

横おう領りょう罪ざいは刑けい法ほうで規き定ていされている。

Embezzlement is stipulated in the criminal code.

Kanji

横sideways, side, horizontal
領jurisdiction, dominion, territory
罪guilt, sin, crime

Related words

着ちゃく服ふく
着服 is the act of embezzling or pocketing money, often used in a more general or colloquial sense, while 横領罪 specifically refers to the legal crime of embezzlement.
背はい任にん
背任 is breach of trust or professional negligence, a related but distinct crime; 横領罪 involves actual misappropriation of property.

Built from

横おう領りょう+罪ざい

Etymology

Compound of 横領 (ōryō, 'embezzlement') + 罪 (zai, 'crime'). The exact historical derivation of 横領 is uncertain, but it is conventionally associated with the meaning of seizing or taking over property.