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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, malversation, misapplication, misemployment, misusage, misuse, peculation, pilferage, stealing, swindle, theft, thievery, wrongful conversion of property, wrongful use
associated concepts: conversion, misappropriation of funds
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abuse (corrupt practice), embezzlement, larceny, misapplication, misusage, misuse, plagiarism, theft
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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The intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a deceased person's estate, or by any person with a responsibility to care for and protect another's assets.Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The act of taking improperly, including the use of another's property or work.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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n.the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate or by any person with a responsibility to care for and protect another's assets (a fiduciary duty). It is a felony (a crime punishable by a prison sentence).
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
Look at other dictionaries:
Misappropriation — Mis ap*pro pri*a tion, n. Wrong appropriation; wrongful use. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misappropriation — (n.) 1746; from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + APPROPRIATION (Cf. appropriation) … Etymology dictionary
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 — Intellectual property law Primary rights Copyright · authors rights … Wikipedia
misappropriation — The unauthorized, improper, or unlawful use of funds or other property for purpose other than that for which intended. Misappropriation of a client s funds is any unauthorized use of client s funds entrusted to an attorney, including not only… … Black's law dictionary
misappropriation — misappropriate ► VERB ▪ dishonestly or unfairly take for one s own use. DERIVATIVES misappropriation noun … English terms 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 — See misappropriate. * * * … Universalium
misappropriation — noun The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of others funds in ones care. Syn: embezzlement … Wiktionary
