Money rightfully belonging to clients (landlords or tenants) which has been wrongly and dishonestly used to the benefit of the Member Firm (its partners, directors, employees or any direct associate) and therefore not properly reimbursed to the client (landlord or tenant) who is lawfully entitled to it.

Using someone else's property or money dishonestly for one's own gain.

Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

wrongful borrowing; "his explanation was a misappropriation of sociological theory"

an unauthorized use of, or interference with, the right of ownership over customer money or property.

In law, misappropriation is the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a dead person's estate or by any person with a responsibility to care for and protect another's assets (a fiduciary duty). It is a felony, a crime punishable by a prison sentence.

The unlawful taking of another party's personal property.