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misappropriation

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

    noun.act

    Synonyms defalcation embezzlement misapplication peculation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. wrongful borrowing

    noun.act

    Examples
    His explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

misappreciatedmisapprehendmisapprehensionmisapprehensivelymisappropriatemisappropriatedmisarcribemisarrangemisarrangementmisassaymisassignmisattend

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