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Misappropriation   /mˌɪsəprˌoʊpriˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Misappropriation

noun
1.
The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.  Synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation.
2.
Wrongful borrowing.





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"Misappropriation" Quotes from Famous Books



... but agree with M. Blanc, who points out that each piece of lace had its intention, and that a fashionable ball-dress trimmed with the edging of an antique altar-cloth in loops, is in false taste, to say no worse of the misappropriation. ...
— Needlework As Art • Marian Alford
... nationals, domiciliaries, and sovereign authorities of the foreign nation, and persons controlled by them, are not engaged in the misappropriation, or unauthorized distribution or commercial exploitation, ...
— Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.


Words linked to "Misappropriation" :   plunderage, thievery, theft, borrowing, stealing, adoption, larceny, raid, thieving, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriate


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