监守自盗

監守自盜
jiānshǒuzìdào
idiom #28,985

Meanings

  1. 1 to embezzle
  2. 2 to steal what one is entrusted to guard
  3. 3 insider theft

Examples

Zhè míng cāngkù guǎnlǐyuán jiānshǒuzìdào, tōuzǒu le dà pī huòwù.
The warehouse manager committed insider theft and stole a large amount of goods.
Yínháng zhíyuán jiānshǒuzìdào, bèi pànchǔ yǒuqī túxíng.
The bank employee who embezzled was sentenced to prison.

Tips

memory
= to guard/oversee; = to steal oneself. The one guarding the vault is also the one robbing it — a classic insider job in four characters.

Stroke Order

jiān
shǒu
dào