misappropriation

英 [,mɪsə,prəʊprɪ'eɪʃn] 美[,mɪsə,proprɪ'eʃən]

1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

2. wrongful borrowing;: "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"