- misapplication - wrong use or application
--1 is a kind of application, practical application
Derived form: verb misapply1 - embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
--2 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
--2 has particulars: raid; plunderage