"misappropriation" in the noun sense
1. embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
2. misappropriation
wrongful borrowing
"his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"
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