peculation
[,pɛkjʊ'leʃən]
- n. 侵吞公款；挪用公款；贪污
英英释义
- 1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
实用场景例句
- He became manager but was put down from the office fur peculation.
- 他成了一位经理,但由于盗用公款而被降职了.
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双语例句
- 1. He became manager but was put down from the office fur peculation.
- 他成了一位经理,但由于盗用公款而被降职了.
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- 2. The former president of the Philippines, Estrada, was charged with peculation.
- 菲律宾前总统艾斯特拉达被指控犯有侵吞国家财产罪.
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英文词源
- peculation (n.)
- 1650s, noun of action from Latin peculari (see peculate).