Michael, the owner of a dry-cleaning store, refuses to return an expensive tuxedo to his customer Daniel. He keeps the tux for a day as he mistakenly believes that Daniel has not paid for the services rendered in the past three months. These facts are an example of a(n) _____.

Misappropriation refers to the use of a property that its owner was not expecting. The party incurring in misappropriation is typically given the property by the owner willingly because of different reasons but the use that party ends up giving to the property is not one of those reasons. According to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) misappropriation is:

"Obtaining or exercising unlawful possession over the property of another with the purpose to deprive the owner of the property".

Thus, Michael is incurring in misappropriation of personal property by keeping Daniel's tuxedo alleging Daniel has not been making the payments of the service Michael's store has been rendering.