Embezzlement

Japanese: 横領 - おうりょう

〘 noun 〙 To illegally take someone else's property for oneself. To steal something. Usurpation. Ouryou. ※Dreams of a Future of Living in the Inland (1886) by Tsubouchi Shoyo, vol. 11 "The idea of embezzling the store as it was, making it my own and standing my ground ." [Additional note] The word form "ouryou" is not found in documents until the Meiji period, but as can be seen from the examples above, its use seems to have become established by the mid-Meiji period. → Additional note on "ouryou (ouryou)"

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Japanese:

〘名〙人の物を不法に自分のものとすること。横取りすること。横奪。押領(おうりょう)。※内地雑居未来之夢（1886）〈坪内逍遙〉一一「お店をあの儘に横領(ワウリャウ)して、自己(うぬ)が物にして踏張らうといふ了見」[補注]「横領」の語形は明治期まで資料に見当たらないが、挙例に見られるように明治中頃に至って使用が定着したか。→「おうりょう（押領）」の補注

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