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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche