misappropriation
英 [,mɪsə,prəʊprɪ'eɪʃn]
美[,mɪsə,proprɪ'eʃən]
英英释意
- 1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- 2. wrongful borrowing;
- "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"