misapplication

Noun
Synonyms: embezzlementpeculationdefalcationmisappropriation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. wrong use or application
  2. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone elseSynonyms: embezzlementpeculationdefalcationmisappropriation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Misapplication \Mis*ap`pli*ca"tion\, n. A wrong application. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
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