misappropriation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: misappropriation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for misappropriation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misappropriation n the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else Synonym(s): embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misappropriation \Mis`appro`pria"tion\, n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.