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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

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noun

embezzlement; misappropriation

law

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

Similar 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.

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.