Re: EDICT : kusuneru

"muchan" <muchan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote ...
Paul Blay wrote: 
くすねる swipe, filch

Generally implies small time thievery done on the quiet.

http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%AF%A4%B9%A4%CD%A4%EB&kind=je&kwassist=0&mode=0&jn.x=36&jn.y=16


くすねる 10,300 google hits 

Probably used also for big time thievery done by 会計士, etc.
"Silently privatize public (or someone else's) money"?

So you think it gets an "embezzle" as well?
Oh, no. I don't want to fuel "public = govermental?" debate... 

I wouldn't want you to get the impression that I'll argue about
anything regardless of whether I'm right or not.

It might be true, but ...
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