were misappropriating
- past progressive of misappropriate.
Example Sentences
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After all, the United States has believed for years that Qaddafi and his family were misappropriating billions of dollars from the government and sending some of it off to the United States.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 13, 2011
"Would it not almost break your heart, if your honorable father were misappropriating money intrusted to his care?"
From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson
