return and compensate; make restitution
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to return and compensate; to make restitution (especially for embezzled, misappropriated, or illegally obtained property)
formalPrimarily used in legal, administrative, and formal contexts regarding corruption, embezzlement, or illegal gains. The subject can be the offender returning property or an authority ordering the restitution.
Zé责
lìng令
tā他
tuì退
péi赔
suǒ所
tān贪
wū污
de的
quán全
bù部
gōng公
kuǎn款
。
He was ordered to return and compensate for all the public funds he had embezzled.
Fàn犯
zuì罪
fēn分
zǐ子
bì必
xū须
tuì退
péi赔
zāng赃
kuǎn款
。
The criminals must make restitution for the stolen money.
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Gōng公
sī司
zé责
lìng令
tā他
tuì退
péi赔
fēi非
fǎ法
suǒ所
dé得
。
The company ordered him to return his illegal gains.