misappropriate
verb (used with object)
to put to a wrong use.
are misappropriating
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present progressiveof misappropriate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“If you are a stockholder, the chances are that one way or another, most corporations are misappropriating your money,” he wrote in his 1987 autobiography, “Boone.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2019
