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公務上侵佔使用 peculation by use
use of peculate embezzlement

peculation > peculate = to embezzle or take for one's own use

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'defalcation' often seems to refer to lawyers and lawyers trust funds (funds held in trust for often private individuals and companies eg for property (= real estate) purchases)
may not apply to public moneys?

some of these other terms may not apply so much to public moneys either.

'misappropriation' might be best?

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defalcate = to steal or misuse funds entrusted to one's care; embezzle (Collins Concise English Dictionary)
-> it might (perhaps mostly) refer to those special people such as lawyers with a 'fiduciary duty of care' towards their clients, and permitted by law to operate trust accounts??

'embezzle' seems to be used mainly for companies? for managers, where they are entitled to act as agents of the company?

'fraud' 'defraud' often seems to be used in connection with dishonest accounts clerks in companies, ie people at clerical level.

there is another legal term 'conversion'...转用? which seems a bit like misappropriation. it means stealing really.

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peculate = to steal or misuse (money or property in one's care); embezzle (Collins Concise English Dictionary)

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misappropriate = to appropriate to a bad, incorrect or dishonest use (Collins Concise English Dictionary)

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embezzle = 侵吞?

侵
... 侵擾 qīn rǎo to invade and harass; 侵入 qīn rù to make (military) incursions / to
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to embezzle; 侵佔 qīn zhàn to invade and occupy (territory) ...
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embezzle = to steal money that has been put into your care when it really belongs to the company or organisation that you work for 侵吞(财务);盗用(挪用)(公款)(朗文进阶词典)

公務上的侵佔使用罪 = 挪用公款?

using public property for private gain?

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挪用 = 1 divert (funds) eg 不得挪用基本建设资金. The fund earmarked for capital construction is not to be diverted to any other purpose. 2 misappropriate; embezzle 挪用公款 misappropriation (or embezzlement) of public funds (外研社:汉英词典)

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'侵佔'应该是'侵吞'? is this the situation or have I 'lost the plot'?

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侵占使用 = wrongful occupation/appropriation and use...taking public property and using it for yourself.

(in general terms, treating your official position as a personal fiefdom, exploiting your official position for private purposes, putting your own interests before the public interest)

could apply to officials, or directors of public companies (as in the Enron scandal?)

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侵占 = 使用:

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私占，侵占；挪用；拨款 = appropriate -> appropriate (= take, take over) public property for private use ?:

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appropriate = fml to steal or take something for your own use (正式) 盗用,挪用(某物)eg He was accused of appropriating government money. 他被控挪用公款.(朗文进阶词典)

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-> the crime of appropriation of public property/appropriating public property?

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public property = 公物...
公务上 = as a civil servant, as a government officer...

-> 'the crime of 'appropriation as a civil servant''? (跟'the crime of theft as a servant (= employee)'in fraud cases比.)


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公务上 = in the course of official duties?

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公务 = public affairs; official business 办理公务 handle official business 执行国家公务 perform official duties
公务人员 = government functionary
公务员 = 1 orderly 2 government office worker; civil servant
-> it is 2
(外研社:汉英词典)


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'theft as a civil servant' at the lower levels:

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