单词 | misappropriation |
释义 | misappropriationn. Appropriation of (something) for a wrong use; spec. the action or an instance of taking (funds, etc.) fraudulently or unfairly.Frequently used synonymously with embezzlement n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun] misnimming?c1225 embezzlement1548 malversationc1550 falsity1581 misapplication1607 interverting1614 peculate1617 peculation1658 abstracting1669 plunderage1700 interversiona1754 conveyancing1754 misappropriation1794 abstraction1823 defalcation1832 malappropriation1848 teeming and lading1859 boodlery1886 bobol1907 chop-chop1966 liberation1966 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > wrongful use > misappropriation misnimming?c1225 misapplication1704 misappropriation1794 malappropriation1848 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings in Wks. (1827) VIII. 367 Another class of women, who suffered by the violent misappropriation of the revenues of the Nabob. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xxv. 408 He made a strict inquisition into the funds of the military orders, in which there had been much waste and misappropriation. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xxxiii. 276 He..spoke of the misappropriation of endowments in the time of Eli. 1888 Polit. Sci. Q. 3 233 Expenditures are conceived which, under the guise of charity or patriotism, are in fact misappropriations of trust funds. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 685 Forgery, embezzlement, misappropriation of public money. 1952 M. A. Elliott Crime in Mod. Society iii. 59 Misappropriation of funds of private character is seldom punished unless there is a glaring embezzlement. 1987 S. Weintraub Victoria (1988) iv. 91 He had seen her misappropriation of space in Kensington Palace. 1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 100 Douglas,..reluctant to..challenge Guy about his persistent misappropriations which began..with his guilt money for Ruby. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794 |
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