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misappropriate
misappropriate : to appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully (as by theft or embezzlement) mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion [-prō-prē-ā-shən] n
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Misappropriate
To appropriate wrongly to use for a wrong purpose
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Misappropriation
Wrong appropriation wrongful use
Misappropriation by Servants Act, 1836 (English)
Misappropriation by Servants Act, 1836 (English) (26 & 27 Vict.c.103), provides that servants taking their masters' corn, etc., without
Embezzlement
account of his master or employer. Embezzlement differs from larceny in this, that in the former the property misappropriated is not at the time in the actual or legal possession of the owner, whilst in the latter
trade secret
of intellectual property. Many states have enacted laws which create an action for damages or injunctive relief against misappropriation of trade secrets by improper means. Information contained in a patent is not protected as a trade secret.
Stolen property
s. 410, Penal Code. Only such property possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or extortion or criminal misappropriation or other offences allied to them as mentioned in s. 410, falls within the definition of 'stolen property',
Expulsion
(a) being in open rebellion, (b) being guilty of forgery, perjury, of frauds and breaches of trusts of misappropriation of public money, of conspiracy to defraud, of fraudulent conversion of property, of corruption in the administration of
Defamation
c. 41. See LIBEL 'SLANDER. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander. The act of a defaulter: Embezzlement or misappropriation of public or trust funds: Diminution, abatement, excision of any part of a customary allowance; a cutting off,
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