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US
/ˌmɪsəˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /mɪsɐpɹˌəʊpɹɪˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /mɪsɐpɹˌəʊpɹɪˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
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wrongful borrowing
his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory
How To Use misappropriation In A Sentence
- But the scandal that he had to resign his bursarship for misappropriation of funds in connection with the tower may certainly be rejected. The Charm of Oxford
- Workers have the right to expose and report against the misappropriation of housing accumulation fund behavior.
- Business as usual, say the Barzonistas, involves illegal and immoral acts: political corruption on the part of the government resulting in misappropriation of needed government aid, usury on the part of the banks, and connivance between the two to confiscate land and property from debtors victimized by the corruption and the usury, and consolidate it in the hands of the wealthy. Take this debt and shove it
- Blagojevich called the misappropriation "a bureaucratic mistake. News
- There were many cases of theft, misappropriation, and favouritism which tended to destroy confidence in officialdom in general.
- his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory
- A "breach" of contract, "possible misappropriation," or "misdeed" - would be necessary to begin legal proceedings, but there "was not any sense of illegality at that point," he said. 06/05/2005
- Now that the President himself has been fingered as one of those who benefited from the misappropriation, he does owe the public an accounting.
- If someone wants to cheat on their spouse, that's their business, but cheating on your constituents is another matter, and misrepresenting yourself is just that, to say nothing of the alleged misappropriation of state funds. South Carolina Lt. Gov. asks Sanford to step down
- You show me where they found that forensic audit's misappropriation of funds.