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

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.