What is Misappropriation?

Legal Definition
In law, misappropriation is the unauthorized use of another's name, likeness, or identity without that person's permission, resulting in harm to that person.

Another use of the word refers to intentional and illegal use of property or funds; it can particularly refer to when done by a public official.
-- Wikipedia
Legal Definition
This is not a technical term of law, but it ls sometimes applied to the misdemeanor which ls committed by a banker, factor, agent, trustee, etc, who fraudulently deals with money, goods, sechrlties, etc., entrusted to him or by a director or public officer of a corporation or company who fraudulently misapplies any of its property. Steph. Crim. Dig. 257, et seq.; Sweet. And sce Winchester v. Howard, 136 Cal. 432, 64 Pac. 692, 89 Am. St. Rep. 153; Frey v. Torrey, 70 App. Div. 166, 75 N. Y. Supp. 40.
-- Black's Law Dictionary
Legal Definition
The wrongful assumption of dominion over the property of another.
-- Ballentine's Law Dictionary

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