Bahasa Melayu

pecah

Bahasa Melayu

English

breach of trust, betrayal of trust

Pecah amanah means a breach of trust or misuse of a trust given to someone.

ڤچه

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Pegawai itu disiasat kerana pecah amanah.

    The officer was investigated for breach of trust.

  2. Orang ramai marah apabila kes pecah amanah itu terbongkar.

    People were angry when the breach of trust case was exposed.

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pecah amanah

A fixed legal and moral expression.

Word family

Common derived forms

berpecah
to come apart; to divide; to go separate ways
memecah
to break by itself; said of waves
memecahkan
to break; to destroy; to split; to divide; to separate
pecahan
a fragment, piece, or fraction

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.