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词汇 misappropriation
释义 misappropriation
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌmɪs.əˌprəʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌmɪs.əˌproʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of stealing something that you have been trusted to take care of and using it for yourself: 挪用,盗用,私吞
He was charged with embezzlement and misappropriation of union funds.他被控贪污和挪用工会基金。
These agreements may be ineffective in preventing misappropriation of technology.这些协议可能还不足以防止技术被盗用。
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misappropriate
The firm discussed the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets on its company website.
The transactions were an attempt to conceal the misappropriation of money.
There were concerns about government misappropriation of private land.
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misappropriation | Business English


misappropriation
noun[ U ]
 FINANCE, ACCOUNTING formaluk /ˌmɪsəˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃən/us
the act of stealing something that you have been asked to take care of, and using it for yourself:
misappropriation of funds/money/assetsHe was charged with forgery and misappropriation of union assets.
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appropriation

Examples of misappropriation


misappropriation
The meeting dissolved, and the question of the misappropriation was never raised again.
In this paper, the effectiveness of espionage law in deterring the misappropriation of ideas in the process of being developed is the main policy instrument.
Another factor was the misappropriation of tax by tax collectors.
All the interviewed companies envisage intellectual information and technologies as the fundamental source of their economic activity and as the first target of misappropriation.
These practices can be put down to local resistance to democratic decentralisation and to the misappropriation of the expected profits.
Further disenchantment followed the misappropriation of locally raised funds that had been earmarked to attract a matching external grant for community policing activities.
Misappropriation of authorship (either honorary or ghost authorship) is incompatible with the principles, duties, and ethical responsibilities involved in scientific publication.
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Theoretical analyses of the macroeconomic2 effects of intellectual misappropriation is still lacking despite the obvious fact that immaterial assets are of increasing importance in contemporary economies.
It is far from certain that just because they complain about misappropriation, governmental lethargy or arrogance, their basic values will sustain an honest, efficient and responsive regime.
Things progressed normally for a time, but it soon became apparent that the misappropriation scandals of the past were having a negative impact on the amount of subscriptions being raised.
At none of the five sites were there less than several accusations of misappropriation circulating in relation to funds being held by this or that group or organisation.
Once we accept that interpretation is a form of appropriation it becomes harder (though not impossible) to distinguish between the appropriation and misappropriation of a previous writer's ideas.
Unfortunately, it is calculated to give the impression that neglect of duty or misappropriation of clients' monies is quite a common event.
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Hansard archive

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I must nevertheless emphasise that no instances of fraud or misappropriation have been detected.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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