侵吞 (qīn tūn) — to misappropriate, to embezzle (funds or property); to swallow up, to annex (territory or companies)

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Examples

• 他因为侵吞公款而被判了十年徒刑。
  Tā yīn wèi qīn tūn gōng kuǎn ér bèi pàn le shí nián tú xíng.
  He was sentenced to ten years in prison for embezzling public funds.
• 这家跨国公司通过收购侵吞了许多小型竞争对手。
  Zhè jiā kuà guó gōng sī tōng guò shōu gòu qīn tūn le xǔ duō xiǎo xíng jìng zhēng duì shǒu.
  This multinational corporation swallowed up many small competitors through acquisitions.
• 历史上，这个帝国曾多次侵吞周边国家的领土。
  Lì shǐ shàng, zhè ge dì guó céng duō cì qīn tūn zhōu biān guó jiā de lǐng tǔ.
  Historically, this empire repeatedly annexed the territories of neighboring countries.

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