Associations to the word «Misappropriation»

Wiktionary

MISAPPROPRIATION, noun. The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.

Dictionary definition

MISAPPROPRIATION, noun. The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.
MISAPPROPRIATION, noun. Wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca