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chiếm dụng

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misappropriate
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misappropriate
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Sense 1 Verb
misappropriate Politics, Law, Institutions & SafetyTheme

The act of wrongfully taking someone else's property or assets to use for one's own personal gain or purposes.

vi Hành vi chiếm dụng tài sản công là bất hợp pháp.

en The act of misappropriating public property is illegal.

Sense 2 Verb
appropriate; utilize Core Actions & OperationTheme

The act of taking possession of and utilizing a resource or space for specific tasks or needs.

vi Họ đang chiếm dụng không gian này để làm việc.

en They are utilizing this space for work.

Parts
chiếm / dụng / 佔用
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Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
佔用
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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chiếm hữu / chiếm cứ / chiếm / chiếm giữ …
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Use
chiếm đoạt / xâm chiếm / bá chiếm / lấn chiếm …
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