私わたくしする

suru verb (irregular), transitive verb

use for personal gain; misappropriate; embezzle

Transitive use: using public property, funds, or authority for one's own benefit. Often implies corruption or self-dealing.

• 彼かれは公こう金きんを私わたくしした疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。

  He was arrested on suspicion of embezzling public funds.

• 政せい治じ家かが権けん力りょくを私わたくししてはならない。

  Politicians must not use their power for personal gain.

suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb

act selfishly

Archaic intransitive use: behaving in a self-centered way. Rare in modern Japanese; the transitive sense is far more common.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、「私わたくしする」が利り己こ的てきに振ふる舞まう意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old texts, 私する is sometimes used to mean acting selfishly.