misappropriation (noun)

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• misappropriation — misappropriate mis‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt ǁ ˈproʊ ] verb [transitive] LAW to dishonestly take something, especially money, that you have been trusted to keep safe, and to use it for your own advantage: • He was accused of… …   Financial and business terms

• misappropriation — misappropriate ► VERB ▪ dishonestly or unfairly take for one s own use. DERIVATIVES misappropriation noun …   English terms dictionary

• misappropriation — I noun abuse, appropriation for a dishonest use, appropriation for a wrongful use, arrogation, breach of trust, conversion, defalcation, defraudation, diversion, embezzlement, fraud, fraudulent conversion, illegal use of property, larceny,… …   Law dictionary

• misappropriation — noun 1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else • Syn: ↑embezzlement, ↑peculation, ↑defalcation, ↑misapplication • Derivationally related forms: ↑misappropriate, ↑defalcate ( …   Useful english dictionary

• misappropriation — noun see misappropriate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• misappropriation — noun The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of others funds in ones care. Syn: embezzlement …   Wiktionary

• misappropriation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Wrong, often corrupt use: abuse, misapplication, mishandling, misuse, perversion. See TREAT WELL …   English dictionary for students

• misappropriation — /ˌmɪsəprəυpri eɪʃ(ə)n/ noun the illegal use of money by someone who is not the owner but who has been trusted to look after it …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• conversion — con·ver·sion /kən vər zhən/ n 1 a: the act of changing from one form or use to another b: the act of exchanging one kind of property for another; esp: the act of exchanging preferred stocks or bonds for shares of common stock of the same company… …   Law dictionary

• misappropriate — mis‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt ǁ ˈproʊ ] verb [transitive] LAW to dishonestly take something, especially money, that you have been trusted to keep safe, and to use it for your own advantage: • He was accused of misappropriating funds… …   Financial and business terms

• misappropriate — verb (T) formal to dishonestly take something that you have been trusted to keep safe, for example to take money that belongs to your employer; embezzle misappropriation, noun (uncountable + of): the misappropriation of treasury funds …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English