监守自盗 meaning in English
steal what is entrusted to one's care; steal money in one's trust [for which one is responsible]; custodian turned thief.; embezzle; defalcate
Examples
- Sounds like an inside job to me
听上去象是监守自盗 - Is this an inside job
这是监守自盗吗？ - The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve
托钵僧劝人勿偷盗，袖子里却藏著一只鹅。监守自盗。 （口是心非，言行相悖。 ） - In many transitional countries the public are wearily familiar with this unedifying spectacle
不少过渡中国家的市民，对这种常见的监守自盗行为，均感到厌倦不已。 - Customers were blamed for 48 percent of the thefts ， staff for 29 percent and suppliers for 7 percent
在所有偷窃行为中，有48 %为消费者所为，商店员工监守自盗所占比例为29 % ，另有7 %则为供货商伺机“作案” 。