Usually means: Unauthorized use of someone's property.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word misappropriation:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. misappropriation: Merriam-Webster
  2. misappropriation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misappropriation: Collins English Dictionary
  4. misappropriation: Vocabulary.com
  5. Misappropriation, misappropriation: Wordnik
  6. misappropriation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. misappropriation: Wiktionary
  8. Misappropriation, misappropriation: Dictionary.com
  9. misappropriation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Misappropriation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Misappropriation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. misappropriation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. misappropriation: Rhymezone
  14. Misappropriation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. misappropriation: FreeDictionary.org
  16. misappropriation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. misappropriation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. misappropriation: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. misappropriation: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. misappropriation: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. misappropriation: Legal dictionary
  6. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misappropriation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misappropriation: Medical dictionary

(Note: See misappropriate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misappropriation)

noun:  The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
noun:  The wrongful, incorrect or dishonest use of something, such as information.

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