English > misappropriation: 2 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else. |
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| Synonyms | embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication |
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| Narrower | plunderage | The act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) |
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| raid | An attempt by speculators to defraud investors |
| Broader | larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing | The act of taking something from someone unlawfully |
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| Spanish | apropiación indebida, apropiación, desfalco, malversación, peculado |
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| Catalan | desfalcament, desfalc, malversació |
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| Verbs | misappropriate | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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