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Noun misappropriation has 2 senses

• misappropriation(n = noun.act) defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, peculation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else; Array
has particulars: raid, plunderage
is a kind of larceny, stealing, theft, thievery, thieving
Derived form verb misappropriate₁

• misappropriation(n = noun.act) Array - wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
is a kind of adoption, borrowing

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misappropriation

abuse, abuse of office, befoulment, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, fouling, maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misapplication, misconduct, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, misusage, misuse, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution, violation

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Misuse

N misuse, misusage, misemployment, misapplication, misappropriation, abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration, waste, misused, ludere cum sacris.

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