着服|ちゃくふくchakufuku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
ちゃくぶくchakubukuちゃくぼくchakubokuok
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbembezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing
    彼かれは公金こうきんを着服ちゃくふくした。↗
    He embezzled public money.
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdressing oneself; putting on clothes
Conjugation
Dictionary form着服する(ちゃくふくする)
Polite (masu)着服します(ちゃくふくします)
Negative (nai)着服しない(ちゃくふくしない)
polite (masen)着服しません(ちゃくふくしません)
classical zu / nu着服せず・着服せぬ(ちゃくふくせず・ちゃくふくせぬ)
Past (ta)着服した(ちゃくふくした)
polite (mashita)着服しました(ちゃくふくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)着服しなかった(ちゃくふくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)着服しませんでした(ちゃくふくしませんでした)
Te form着服して(ちゃくふくして)
Potential着服できる(ちゃくふくできる)
Passive着服される(ちゃくふくされる)
Causative着服させる(ちゃくふくさせる)
Causative passive着服させられる(ちゃくふくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)着服すれば(ちゃくふくすれば)
tara着服したら(ちゃくふくしたら)
Volitional着服しよう(ちゃくふくしよう)
polite (mashou)着服しましょう(ちゃくふくしましょう)
Imperative着服しろ(ちゃくふくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym横領おうりょうFormalFormal legal term for the crime of illegally appropriating another's or public property, as in 「業務上横領」; more formal than 「着服」.
  • Related窃盗せっとうWrittenWritten legal term for theft; stresses secretly stealing property under someone else's control, not pocketing money in one's own keeping.
  • Related盗みぬすみNeutralEveryday word for stealing; centers on the act of taking something, without the nuance of misappropriating money entrusted to you.
  • Related横奪おうだつWrittenRare written word for seizing or usurping what belongs to others by force; not used for quietly pocketing funds.
  • Related窃取せっしゅWrittenWritten word stressing the act of taking something away unnoticed; it appears mainly in legal documents.
  • Related盗取とうしゅWrittenRare written synonym of 「窃取」; stresses secretly taking something away.
  • Related窃盗行為せっとうこういFormalFormal phrase for theft as a criminal act; does not specifically mean embezzling money in one's care.
  • Antonym返却へんきゃくNeutralReturning something borrowed or received; the opposite of pocketing entrusted money.

Use 「着服」 for secretly pocketing money or goods in your keeping, as in 「会費を着服する」. For the legal charge, use 「横領」; for ordinary stealing, 「盗み」 or 「窃盗」. 「窃取」 belongs to legal documents, 「横奪」 and 「盗取」 are rare, and 「返却」 is the opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 衣服いふくを着きること。
  2. こっそり盗ぬすんで自分じぶんのものにすること。
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