misappropriation
misappropriation noun: the wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
Noun
misappropriation (countable and uncountable, plural misappropriations)
- The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
- The wrongful, incorrect or dishonest use of something, such as information.
misappropriation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
misappropriation in Tamil
- கையாடல், தவறான கையாளுகை, மோசடி, அபகரிக்கை, தெட்டல்
misappropriation in Urdu
- غبن, خیانت
misappropriation in Bengali
- অপব্যয়, আত্মসাৎ
misappropriation in Malayalam
- expropri-ation, embezzlement, stealing
- ധനാപഹരണം, ധനാപഹാരം, പണാപഹരണം, ദുർവ്വിനിയോഗം, പണംതിരിമറി, പണം തട്ടിപ്പ്
Synonyms of misappropriation
Forms of misappropriation
| plural | misappropriations |
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Origin of misappropriation
From mis- + appropriation.
Words that rhyme with misappropriation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about misappropriation
- What does misappropriation mean?
- Misappropriation means the wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
- What is misappropriation in Tamil?
- Misappropriation in Tamil is கையாடல், தவறான கையாளுகை, மோசடி. See Misappropriation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misappropriation?
- Misappropriation is a noun.
- What is the plural of misappropriation?
- The plural of misappropriation is misappropriations.
Words near misappropriation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misappropriation (page history and authors); misappropriation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misappropriation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misappropriation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misappropriation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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