misappropriation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
    embezzlement; peculation; defalcation; misapplication.
  2. noun wrongful borrowing
    • his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory

WordNet

Mis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion noun
Definitions
  1. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

Webster 1913