'Misappropriation' definitions:
Definition of 'misappropriation'
From: WordNet
noun
The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation]
noun
Wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
Definition of 'Misappropriation'
From: GCIDE
- Misappropriation \Mis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion\, n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misappropriation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- abuse of office,
- befoulment,
- conversion,
- corrupt administration,
- debasement,
- defalcation,
- defilement,
- desecration,
- diversion,
- embezzlement,
- fouling,
- maladministration,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- malversation,
- misapplication,
- misconduct,
- misemployment,
- misfeasance,
- mishandling,
- mismanagement,
- misusage,
- misuse,
- peculation,
- perversion,
- pilfering,
- pollution,
- poor stewardship,
- profanation,
- prostitution,
- violation