Noun: misappropriation ,mi-su,prow-pree'ey-shun
- The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
"The accountant was charged with misappropriation of client funds";
- embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication
- Wrongful borrowing
"his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
Derived forms: misappropriations
Type of: adoption, borrowing, larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving
Encyclopedia: Misappropriation