Hello dear all,
the term I am looking for is legal, but I am sure that most native English speakers are familiar with it, even if they do not have a legal background.
I am looking for the word that stands for the following penal offence (is it common to use "penal offence" by the way?).
Someone has in his possession an object, which does not belong to him, but he holds legally, as a keeper of it (i.e. a valuable ring). At some point he desides to keep it as if it were his own, that is to appropriate it, without, of course, paying its price. That, in Greece, constitutes a penal offence (other than theft or larceny).
My dictionary translates the word I am looking for as: embezzlement, defalcation, misappropriation.
Does any of these represent the offence I am looking for? Is there another more used word for it?
I am indebted for your help!
the term I am looking for is legal, but I am sure that most native English speakers are familiar with it, even if they do not have a legal background.
I am looking for the word that stands for the following penal offence (is it common to use "penal offence" by the way?).
Someone has in his possession an object, which does not belong to him, but he holds legally, as a keeper of it (i.e. a valuable ring). At some point he desides to keep it as if it were his own, that is to appropriate it, without, of course, paying its price. That, in Greece, constitutes a penal offence (other than theft or larceny).
My dictionary translates the word I am looking for as: embezzlement, defalcation, misappropriation.
Does any of these represent the offence I am looking for? Is there another more used word for it?
I am indebted for your help!