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détournement — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • embezzlement noun The crime of secretly stealing money or property that was entrusted to your care, usually by an employee from an employer.
  • hijack verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.

Senses

détournement is used for these senses in English:

  • embezzlement (legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.
  • hijack An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.

hijack — full definition

  1. verb To seize illegal control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to rob it or force it to a destination.
  2. verb To take control of a process, event, or resource and redirect it for a different purpose.
  3. noun An act of hijacking; an illegal seizure of a vehicle or process.

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