misappropriate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mis- + appropriate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)
- (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
- (transitive) To embezzle.
- The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to use something wrongly, or illegally
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to embezzle — see embezzle