私吞

Traditional form:

私吞

Pinyin (reading):

sītūn

Definitions:

• to misappropriate (public funds etc)
• to embezzle

Characters:

• 私 - personal, private, secret; selfish
• 吞 - to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow

Traditional characters:

• 私 - personal, private, secret; selfish
• 吞 - to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow