misappropriate
verb (used with object)
to put to a wrong use.
has misappropriated
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present perfectof misappropriate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Their suit alleges that Arebalos has misappropriated their funds for personal benefit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
“And if the United States has misappropriated the Navajo’s water rights, the tribe asks it to formulate a plan to stop doing so prospectively.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
"Alternatively, Google can - as other companies have already done - pay a fair royalty for the technologies it has misappropriated," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2022
Alternatively, Google can —as other companies have already done —pay a fair royalty for the technologies it has misappropriated.
From The Verge ● Jan. 6, 2022
Not only has it been wasteful and inefficient, but it has misappropriated the funds.
From The People of the Abyss by Jack London
