Mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.
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misappropriation
n 1: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted
to your care but actually owned by someone else [syn: embezzlement,
peculation, defalcation, misapplication]
2: wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation
of sociological theory"