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هدر المال العام

English translation: Squandering public money

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Arabic term or phrase:هدر المال العام
English translation:Squandering public money
Entered by: Linda Al-Bairmani

12:39 Feb 1, 2014
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: هدر المال العام
من أجل مكافحة الفساد وايقاف هدر المال العام يجب علينا ... الخ

is there a standard phrase for this in English?

thnx for help
Mandy K
Local time: 07:28
Squandering public money
Explanation:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/david-elstein/squand...
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Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 08:28
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Squandering public money
Linda Al-Bairmani
5 +1Misappropriation of public funds
Spring2007 (X)
4 +1Waste of public funds
Samaa Zeitoun


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Squandering public money


Explanation:
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/david-elstein/squand...

Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 08:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Awad Balaish
56 mins
  -> Thanks Awadh
agree  Meriem Bouda
1 hr
  -> Thanks Meriem
agree  sktrans
10 hrs
  -> Thank you :)
agree  Spiridon: yes
20 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Waste of public funds


Explanation:
An expression in common use.
https://www.google.com.eg/?gws_rd=cr&ei=ve7sUpb7L4Gh4gSOhIB4...

Samaa Zeitoun
United States
Local time: 01:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Dardeer
37 mins
  -> Thank you Brother Saleh.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Misappropriation of public funds


Explanation:
Misappropriation of funds means the intentional, illegal use of the funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose. It can be by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate or by any person with a responsibility to care for and protect another's assets


    Reference: http://definitions.uslegal.com/m/misappropriation-of-funds/
Spring2007 (X)
Local time: 08:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
48 mins
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