'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]

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