misappropriation

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misappropriation

n. the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate, or by any person with a responsibility to care for and protect another's assets (a fiduciary duty). It is a felony (a crime punishable by a prison sentence). (See: fiduciary, embezzlement, theft, larceny)

misappropriation

noun abuse, appropriation for a dishonest use, appropriation for a wrongful use, arrogation, breach of trust, conversion, defalcation, defraudation, embezzlement, fraud, fraudulent conversion, illegal use of property, larceny, malversation, misapplication, misusage, misuse, peculation, pilferage, stealing, swindle, theft, thievery, wrongful conversion of property, wrongful use
Associated concepts: conversion, misappropriation of funds

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Summary: A court in Algeria sentenced the former head of state energy firm Sonatrach to two years in prison on Wednesday after finding him guilty of misappropriation of public property, the official news agency reported.

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Jammu, Mar 5 (ANI): There was chaos in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Saturday as the Opposition staged a walk out over alleged misappropriation and discriminatory allocation of funds in various assembly segments in the state.

Opposition stages walkout from J-K Assembly over alleged misappropriation of funds

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