misappropriation

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ appropriation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

misappropriation (countable and uncountable, plural misappropriations)

1. The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.

Synonyms

• embezzlement

Translations

the wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care

• Bulgarian: злоупотреба (bg) f (zloupotreba)
• Catalan: malversació f
• French: détournement de fonds (fr) m
• Hungarian: sikkasztás (hu), elsikkasztás, hűtlen kezelés (hu)
• Polish: defraudacja (pl) f, malwersacja (pl) f, sprzeniewierzenie (pl) n
• Spanish: malversación (es) f