Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun misappropriation

2 senses of misappropriation

Sense 1
embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation -- (the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else)
       => larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing -- (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International")

Sense 2
misappropriation -- (wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory")
       => borrowing, adoption -- (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent")