embezzle; line one's pockets
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to embezzle; to line one's pockets; to take illicit profits while handling money
formalPrimarily used in formal or written contexts describing corruption. Often appears in the set phrase 中饱私囊 (zhōng bǎo sī náng).
Tā他
lì利
yòng用
zhí职
wù务
zhī之
biàn便
zhōng中
bǎo饱
sī私
náng囊
，
zuì最
zhōng终
bèi被
dài逮
bǔ捕
。
He used his position to line his own pockets and was eventually arrested.
Yán严
jìn禁
rèn任
hé何
tān贪
wū污
zhōng中
bǎo饱
de的
xíng行
wéi为
。
Any acts of embezzlement and corruption are strictly prohibited.
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Nà那
xiē些
kè克
kòu扣
jūn军
xiǎng饷
、
zhōng中
bǎo饱
sī私
náng囊
de的
guān官
yuán员
dōu都
bèi被
chè撤
zhí职
le了
。
Those officials who had been deducting soldiers' pay and lining their own pockets were all dismissed.