noun
1. wrong use or application
• Derivationally related forms: ↑misapply
• Hypernyms: ↑application, ↑practical application
2. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
• Syn: ↑embezzlement, ↑peculation, ↑defalcation, ↑misappropriation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑misappropriate (for: ↑misappropriation), ↑defalcate (for: ↑defalcation), ↑peculate (for: ↑peculation), ↑embezzle (for: ↑embezzlement)
• Hyponyms: ↑raid, ↑plunderage
Useful english dictionary. 2012.