Javid's attempt to shore up democratic values with a show of power is, likewise, a misappropriation, taking the principles of equality as garb for a divisive authoritarianism.
But this would be abuse of a different and even darker kind, for it would amount to a grotesque misappropriation of state power.
Alika Atay, the Native Hawaiian organic farmer and outspoken water protector whose election to the County Council three months ago startled Maui's Old guard power establishment, believes that the misappropriation of Maui's water has led to what he terms "Cultural genocide" for local Hawaiians.
Such misappropriation might be carried out by external attackers, or by internal staff who misuse their privileged access rights.
Made this summer, before the start of Occupy Wall Street, the recurring presence of Gordon Gekko gives this show about misappropriations of voice (and power) a sinister, oddly prescient subtext.
According to World Bank estimates, corruption among holders of public office accounts for the misappropriation of between $20 and $40 billion each year.
While Combs did not have the authority to remove McGuire directly, the audit showed McGuire's misappropriation of funds and abuse of power.
We believe an effective working definition of global health corruption could start as the: "misappropriation of authority, resources, trust or power for private or institutional gain that has adverse effects on regional, local, or international health systems and/or that negatively impacts individual patient and/or population health outcomes".
And Long's misappropriation of the King legacy is shameful.
And returning to Georgia was no longer an option: in a move that the US State Department described as "political retribution", the new Georgian government, led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, an oligarch with ties to Russia, initiated criminal proceedings against Saakashvili in July 2014 for alleged misappropriation of state funds and abuse of power.
