MISAPPROPRIATON Definition

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MISAPPROPRIATON is a nonviolent criminal taking of property. Includes embezzlement, theft, and fraud. Often applied to an employee's taking of an employer's property.

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WINDOW DRESSING is the act or an instance of making something appear deceptively attractive or favorable. Usually using something, e.g. inflated sales projections, to create a deceptively favorable or attractive impression.

RECOVERY, in finance, a. absorption of cost through the allocation of depreciation; b. residual cost or salvage value of a fixed asset after all allowable depreciation; or, c. collection of an accounts receivable that had been previously been written off as a bad debt.

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