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  • 111misapplication — 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: ↑ …

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  • 112misappropriation — noun 1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else • Syn: ↑embezzlement, ↑peculation, ↑defalcation, ↑misapplication • Derivationally related forms: ↑misappropriate, ↑defalcate ( …

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  • 113peculation — noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else • Syn: ↑embezzlement, ↑defalcation, ↑misapplication, ↑misappropriation • Derivationally related forms: ↑misappropriate (for: ↑ …

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  • 114peculator — noun someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for his own use • Syn: ↑embezzler, ↑defalcator • Derivationally related forms: ↑peculate, ↑defalcate (for: ↑defalcator), ↑ …

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