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- DictionaryMis·ap·pro·pri·ate/ˌmisəˈprōprēˌāt/
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- 1. (of a person) dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use: "department officials had misappropriated funds"
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Check pronunciation: misappropriate. Definition of misappropriate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · verb. 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 noun] A total of $500 million is alleged to have been misappropriated. [VERB noun]
The meaning of MISAPPROPRIATE is to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). How to use misappropriate in a sentence.
Misappropriate definition: to put to a wrong use. See examples of MISAPPROPRIATE used in a sentence.
Definitions of 'misappropriate' If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes. More
From Longman Business Dictionary mis‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt-ˈproʊ-/ verb [ transitive] to dishonestly take something, especially money, that you have been trusted to keep safe, and to use it for your own advantage He was accused of misappropriating funds amounting to £4 million.
Britannica Dictionary definition of MISAPPROPRIATE. [+ object] formal. : to take (something, such as money) dishonestly for your own use : to appropriate (something) wrongly.
