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/mɪsəˈpɹoʊpɹiˌeɪt/
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VERB
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appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
How To Use misappropriate In A Sentence
- Where that money went and why it was misappropriated remain mysteries.
- PANAJI: Two employees of a lifestyle showroom in Panaji have allegedly misappropriated Rs 9 lakh in the last four months by not accounting for antique items they sold, said police sources. The Times of India
- That's probably the main reason we've misappropriated jeans so completely from workwear status. Times, Sunday Times
- Firstly, restitution of previously misappropriated assets provides a strong deterrent to future malfeasance.
- The document warned that officials who violated rules in order to expand relocation, who misused government power or who misappropriated compensation funds would be severely punished.
- In this way, the officials allegedly find an opportunity to misappropriate public funds by preparing bogus muster rolls.
- Every worn-out, pasty-faced pauper, every blind man, every prison babe, every man, woman, and child whose belly is gnawing with hunger pangs, is hungry because the funds have been misappropriated by the management. THE MANAGEMENT
- The administrators are alleging that the company's money was misappropriated and paid away for no benefit to the company.
- Photos of her apparently lavish lifestyle on her microblog triggered suspicions that the organisation's funds had been misappropriated.
- If a company's money is misappropriated by a director and paid into a bank account with a nil balance, however, tracing is possible.