misappropriation
noun
1 misappropriation
The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation.
Roget 679: misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication, misappropriation. abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste etc. 638.
Dutch: verdonkeremaning, ontvreemding, malversatie, verduistering
Polish: malwersacja, defraudacja
2 misappropriation
Wrongful borrowing.
Moby thesaurus: abuse, abuse of office, befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, fouling, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance ... show more.
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