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