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Misappropriation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Misappropriation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

2

wrongful borrowing

"his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"

3

The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
larceny borrowing
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
raid plunderage
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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