🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

गलत तरीके से उपयोग

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Galat tareeke se upyog

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Misappropriation/ˌmɪsəˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15000 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"गलत तरीके से उपयोग के मामले में कानूनी कार्रवाई की गई।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of taking something for one's own use, typically in violation of a trust or duty.

    "The accountant was charged with misappropriation of funds after diverting company money to personal accounts."
  2. 2

    A wrongful or illegal use of funds or property that belongs to another.

    "The misappropriation of charitable donations led to a scandal that affected the organization's reputation."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'misappropriation' is derived from the prefix 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly', and 'appropriation', which comes from the Latin 'appropriare', meaning 'to make one's own'. The term evolved in English during the late 19th century to denote the wrongful taking of something for one's own use.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Misappropriation"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Misappropriation"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Misappropriation" Synonym Map