ฉ้อราษฎร์บังหลวง

Thai

Etymology

From ฉ้อ (cho, “to cheat”) +‎ ราษฎร์ (rat, “citizen; people; etc.”) +‎ บัง (bang, “to conceal; to embezzle; etc.”) +‎ หลวง (luang, “government; public; etc.”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicฉ้อราษฎร์บังหลวง
t͡ɕʰ ˆ ɒ r ā ʂ ᶑ r ʻ ɓ ạ ŋ h l w ŋ
Phonemicช่อ-ราด-บัง-หฺลวง
d͡ʑ ˋ ɒ – r ā ɗ – ɓ ạ ŋ – h ̥ l w ŋ
RomanizationPaiboonchɔ̂ɔ-râat-bang-lǔuang
Royal Institutecho-rat-bang-luang
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰɔː˥˩.raːt̚˥˩.baŋ˧.lua̯ŋ˩˩˦/

Noun

ฉ้อราษฎร์บังหลวง • (chɔ̂ɔ-râat-bang-lǔuang)

  1. (historical) act of collecting money (fees, taxes, etc.) from citizens, and intentionally failing to forward the money to the government, or appropriating the said money.
  2. (law) corruption in public sector; corruption in public office.

Verb

ฉ้อราษฎร์บังหลวง • (chɔ̂ɔ-râat-bang-lǔuang) (abstract noun การฉ้อราษฎร์บังหลวง)

  1. (historical) to collect money (fees, taxes, etc.) from citizens, and intentionally fail to forward the money to the government, or appropriate the said money.
  2. (law) (of a public officer) to be or become corrupt.
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