misappropriation vs larceny

misappropriation and larceny both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misappropriation	Yes	No	No	No
larceny	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, larceny is a hypernym of misappropriation; that is, larceny is a word with a broader meaning than misappropriation:

misappropriation: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

Other hypernyms of misappropriation include stealing, theft, thievery, thieving.

misappropriation (noun)	larceny (noun)
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else	the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
wrongful borrowing