| 单词 | to eat money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto eat money Now chiefly Nigerian English and East African. to eat money: to acquire money dishonestly; to misappropriate, extort, or embezzle funds. Cf. chop v.6 Additions.Equivalent or similar expressions are found in other languages in a number of different geographical areas (cf. e.g. quot. 1849). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > embezzle or misappropriate [verb (transitive)] purloinc1475 embezzle1585 intervert1600 peculate1715 misappropriate1825 eat1849 to knock downa1854 malversate1881 1849 A. H. Layard Nineveh & Remains I. ii. 21 To eat money, i.e. to get money unlawfully or by pillage, is a common expression in the East. 1960 S. Mununga in Deb. 11th Legislative Council N. Rhodesia (Hansard No. 100, 2nd Sess.) 1119/1 I thought the hon. Minister would like to see that the money that was voted to that particular mission school or mission statement is well spent or otherwise the missionary can eat the money. 1999 E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 28 July 2/5 Obura pointed out that the local contractor who has been given the job..will not remove the weed but was only ‘out to eat money’. 2016 News Chron. (Nigeria) (Nexis) 22 Aug. Our roads were not done. By the end of this year, you will know who ate the money of these roads. < as lemmas |
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