横 領(おうりょう)

おうりょう

noun

embezzlement; misappropriation

1. embezzlement; misappropriation of funds

The criminal act of taking money or property that has been entrusted to one's care, typically in a professional or fiduciary capacity.

会社(かいしゃ)の資金(しきん)を横領(おうりょう)した。

He embezzled company funds.

横領(おうりょう)罪(ざい)で起訴(きそ)された。

She was charged with embezzlement.

経理(けいり)担当者(たんとうしゃ)による長年(ながねん)の横領(おうりょう)が発覚(はっかく)した。

Years of embezzlement by the accountant was discovered.

横領(おうりょう) is a legal term for misappropriating entrusted property.

Legal terms

業務上(ぎょうむじょう)横領(おうりょう): occupational embezzlement
横領(おうりょう)罪(ざい): crime of embezzlement
横領(おうりょう)事件(じけん): embezzlement case

Common collocations

横領(おうりょう)する: to embezzle
公金(こうきん)横領(おうりょう): embezzlement of public funds
横領(おうりょう)が発覚(はっかく)する: embezzlement is discovered

Related words

着服(ちゃくふく): pocketing, embezzlement (less formal)
使(つか)い込(こ)み: misuse of funds

Related Words

Related: 着服(ちゃくふく) (pocketing, embezzlement)

Compare: 窃取(せっしゅ) (theft)

Compare: 私物化(しぶつか) (treating as one's own)

Related: 汚職事件(おしょくじけん) (corruption case)

Compare: 横取(よこど)り (snatching away)

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Added 2026.1.30 23:50 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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