Defenition of the word misappropriation

• Defenition of the word misappropriation

  • The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
  • Appropriation or allocation of public funds to a use unrelated to its function.
  • the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  • wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
  • wrongful borrowing

Synonyms for the word misappropriation

• • appropriation
  • cheating
  • defalcation
  • embezzlement
  • fraud
  • misapplication
  • misuse
  • peculation
  • stealing

Similar words in the misappropriation

• • misappropriation
  • misappropriations

Hyponyms for the word misappropriation

• • plunderage
  • raid

Hypernyms for the word misappropriation

• • adoption
  • borrowing
  • larceny
  • stealing
  • theft
  • thievery
  • thieving

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