embezzlement; 【形式ばった表現】 misappropriation
〈金銭を〉 【形式ばった表現】 appropriate 《public money to one's own use》; embezzle
〈物を〉 steal; make (a) fraudulent use of 《somebody's registered design》
〈作品・人のアイデアを〉 plagiarize something 《from somebody [something]》
読み方 とうよう
Appropriation; embezzlement; peculation:(=する) to appropriate, embezzle, peculate, pocket (public money); to use (anything) by stealth