misappropriation

Words with a similar base: misappropriation

'misappropriation'

[embezzlement.n.01] as in: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

'misappropriation'

[misappropriation.n.02] as in: wrongful borrowing

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Examples:
his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory