English noun: misappropriation | |||
| 1. | misappropriation (act) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | ||
| Synonyms | defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | plunderage, raid | ||
| 2. | misappropriation (act) wrongful borrowing | ||
| Samples | His explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adoption, borrowing | ||