盗用

See also: 盜用

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 盗用 – see 盜用 (“to access unlawfully; to misappropriate; to embezzle; to compromise”). (This term is the simplified form of 盜用).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盗	用
とう Grade: S	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
盜用 (kyūjitai)

Noun

盗(とう)用(よう) • (tōyō) 

1. unauthorized use, piracy (of software, etc.), plagiarism

   文化(ぶんか)の盗用(とうよう)

   bunka no tōyō

   cultural appropriation

Verb

盗(とう)用(よう)する • (tōyō suru) suru (stem 盗(とう)用(よう)し (tōyō shi), past 盗(とう)用(よう)した (tōyō shita))

1. to use illegally or without permission

   印鑑(いんかん)を盗用(とうよう)する

   inkan o tōyō suru

   use someone's seal without permission

2. to pirate, to plagiarize