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What (who) is misappropriate - definition
misappropriate
(misappropriates, misappropriating, misappropriated)
If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes.
I took no money for personal use and have not misappropriated any funds whatsoever...
VERB: V n
• misappropriation
He pleaded guilty to charges of misappropriation of bank funds.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
Misappropriate
·vt To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
misappropriate
¦ verb dishonestly or unfairly take for one's own use.
Derivatives
misappropriation noun
Examples of use of misappropriate
1. Don‘t misappropriate one dollar ..." he told reporters in Yogyakarta.
2. A non–bailable warrant had been issued against Nayak in a misappropriate assets case.
3. From 1''6 to 2003 the UN‘s oil–for–food programme allegedly enabled Saddam Hussein to misappropriate hundreds of millions of dollars.
4. The indictment alleges that Beardall helped Renzi "embezzle and misappropriate client premiums to fund his congressional campaign" and lie to state insurance regulators about the transactions.
5. Amid scattered complaints of misuse of quake aid, the government‘s National Audit Office announced it would "investigate and deal with any attempt to hide, intercept or misappropriate" donated funds and materials, Xinhua said.