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Misappropriation

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Wrongful conversion of property by one to whom it has been intrusted.

Steph. Dig. Crim. Law, 275.

Somewhat similar to embezzlement in certain cases, as the misapplication cf funds intrusted to a person for a particular purpose, by devoting them to some unauthorized purpose.

108 Cal. 426.