misappropriation

Other forms: misappropriations

Definitions of misappropriation

1. noun

   the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
   synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation

   types:

   raid

   an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

   plunderage

   the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)

   type of:

   larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving

   the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
2. noun

   wrongful borrowing
   “his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory”

   type of:

   adoption, borrowing

   the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source