misappropriate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
mis- + appropriate
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)
- (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
- (transitive) To embezzle.
- The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.
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Translations[edit]
to use something wrongly, or illegally
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to embezzle — see embezzle