misappropriate
verb (used with object)
to put to a wrong use.
have misappropriated
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present perfectof misappropriate.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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Grammy winner Erykah Badu says conservatives have misappropriated ‘woke’ and explains its meaning after popularizing the term on her 2000s song ‘Master Teacher.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Facebook “identified approximately 10,000 applications that may also have misappropriated and/or misused consumers’ personal data,” according to court documents also unveiled Friday from Massachusetts’ attorney general, which has been probing Facebook’s data-collection practices for months.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2019
“Legal defenses have misappropriated the disorder,” Comstock concluded.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 26, 2019
Yellowbird-Chase said she couldn't have misappropriated funds because she never had access to PayPal accounts where money was collected for Olivia's search, and any crowdfunding she did was for the Sahnish Scouts.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2019
He has intrusted to you the richest and rarest gifts, and every day that you have misappropriated them is a burden upon your conscience.
From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe
