misappropriate

[ mis-uh-proh-pree-eyt ]

/ ˌmɪs əˈproʊ priˌeɪt /

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verb (used with object), mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ed, mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ing.

to put to a wrong use.

to apply wrongfully or dishonestly, as funds entrusted to one's care.

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Origin of misappropriate

First recorded in 1855–60; mis-¹ + appropriate

OTHER WORDS FROM misappropriate

mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion

[mis-uh-proh-pree-ey-shuhn] /ˌmɪs əˌproʊ priˈeɪ ʃən/ noun

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How to use misappropriate in a sentence

The SNC has also been plagued by infighting, as well as accusations that it has misappropriated much of the money it has received.
Post Election, Obama Gambles on Syrian Rebels|Mike Giglio|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He claimed that she had misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Steven Seagal Under Siege|John Connolly|April 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It is notorious that that State possesses no funds available for payments except the gold derived from the misappropriated mines.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.)|C. H. Thomas
There are many within the walls who have never misappropriated a cent.
After Prison - What?|Maud Ballington Booth

He made out and signed his personal note, payable to the Akrae Company, for every cent he had misappropriated.
Cap'n Warren's Wards|Joseph C. Lincoln
Before the rightful owner can recover 163 misappropriated goods, he has to find out where they are.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various
Orson had bewildered them further by a sort of cockneyism of misappropriated letters.
In a Little Town|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for misappropriate

misappropriate

/ (ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt) /

verb

(tr) to appropriate for a wrong or dishonest use; embezzle or steal

Derived forms of misappropriate

misappropriation, noun

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