粵

托tok3水seoi2龍lung4

simp托水龙
tok3 seoi2 lung4tuō shuǐ lóng

English

  1. to embezzle; to pocket the client's money
  2. to defraud; to embezzle; literally : lift up a water dragon hose

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 侵吞其他人委託寄存嘅財產

Examples

  • 擺啲錢喺銀行?唔好喇,都唔知會唔會畀人托水龍。

    Deposit the money into the bank? No way, it may be embezzled.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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