Definition of "misapplying" [misapplying]

• Present participle of misapply. (verb)

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• "The Supreme Court in June found that the Justice Department had been misapplying a crime theory, known as "honest services" fraud, in Mr. Skilling's case and others."
• "And I don; t know whether this mess is occurring because USPTO is misapplying the law or if a flawed statute is leading to these peculiar results."
• "The suit stems from articles published in 2009, in which the publication accused Toe of diverting and misapplying millions of dollars given as compensation to victims of a caterpillar worm invasion in Bong County, and ex-combatants working on rubber plantations."