misappropriation

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

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 (for: defalcation), peculate (for: peculation), embezzle (for: embezzlement)
• Hypernyms:
larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
• Hyponyms:
raid, plunderage
2. wrongful borrowing
- his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory
• Hypernyms:
borrowing, adoption

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication