How to say "appropriation" in Japanese

• 流用りゅうようCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAppropriation as diverting money or resources from their intended purpose to another use, often improperly; suits contexts like funds budgeted for one project being spent on another.
• 充当じゅうとうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAppropriation in the neutral sense of allocation: applying or assigning money to a particular purpose, such as directing funds to cover an expense.
  その金かねは負債ふさいの支払しはらいに充当じゅうとうすることになっている。↗

  The money is to be applied to the debt.
• 盗用とうようCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAppropriation as wrongful taking: embezzlement, fraudulent use, or plagiarism — treating someone else's money, work, or ideas as one's own. Not the neutral sense of allocating funds.

Use 流用 for diverting funds from their intended purpose (often improperly), 充当 for allocating money to a particular purpose, and 盗用 for wrongful taking such as embezzlement or plagiarism.

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• 流用りゅうようdiversion (e.g. of funds)
• 充当じゅうとうallocation
• 盗用とうようembezzlement
• 充当金じゅうとうきんappropriation
• 取しゅappropriation
• 私物化しぶつかappropriation
• アプロプリエーションappropriation
• 領得罪りょうとくざい(crime of) appropriation