套取 (tào qǔ) — (noun) illegal exchange, fraudulent procurement; (verb) to obtain fraudulently, to acquire through deception

Definition

A formal term for 'obtain by fraud' — used in official/legal contexts like 套取贷款 or 套取补贴, not in everyday speech.

noun
illegal exchangefraudulent procurement
verb
to obtain fraudulentlyto acquire through deception

Examples

  • 套取。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī shè xián tōng guò xū jiǎ jiāo yì tào qǔ yín háng dài kuǎn.
    This company is suspected of fraudulently obtaining bank loans through fake transactions.
  • 套取。
    Diào chá fā xiàn duō míng guān yuán lì yòng zhí quán tào qǔ guó jiā bǔ tiē.
    The investigation found that multiple officials used their positions to fraudulently obtain state subsidies.
  • 套取。
    Zhè zhǒng tào qǔ xíng wéi yán zhòng pò huài le shì chǎng zhì xù.
    This kind of fraudulent procurement severely disrupted market order.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

套tàosnare
取qǔtake

A 取, taking, done through a 套, snare.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 大大dàlarge
  • 長長chánglong

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

Open 套 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

取 pairs 又 (hand) with 耳 (ear), showing a hand taking an ear, as in taking the ear of fallen prey.

Open 取 →

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