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misappropriation
 
Noun misappropriation has 2 senses
  1. embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    --1 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
    --1 has particulars: raid; plunderage
    Derived form: verb misappropriate1
  2. misappropriation - wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
    --2 is a kind of     borrowing, adoption
misanthropy misantry misapplication misapply misapprehend misapprehension misappropriate misappropriated misappropriation misassemble misbah misbegot misbegotten misbehave misbehaved misbehaving misbehavior

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