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Meaning: The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Synonyms: embezzlement; misappropriation; peculation; defalcation; misapplication Hypernyms ("misappropriation" is a kind of...): larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misappropriation"): raid (an attempt by speculators to defraud investors) plunderage (the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard))
Meaning: Wrongful borrowing Classified under: Nouns denoting acts or actions Context example: his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory Hypernyms ("misappropriation" is a kind of...): adoption; borrowing (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source) "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face." (English proverb) "In my homeland I possess one hundred horses, yet if I go, I go on foot." (Bhutanese proverb) "For every glance behind us, we have to look twice to the future." (Arabic proverb) "He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: theft definition What does stealing mean? larceny definition What does thievery mean? borrowing definition
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