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misappropriatemis‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt $ -ˈproʊ-/ verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEmisappropriate |
Present | I, you, we, they | misappropriate | | he, she, it | misappropriates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | misappropriated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have misappropriated | | he, she, it | has misappropriated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had misappropriated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will misappropriate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have misappropriated |
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Present | I | am misappropriating | | he, she, it | is misappropriating | | you, we, they | are misappropriating | Past | I, he, she, it | was misappropriating | | you, we, they | were misappropriating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been misappropriating | | he, she, it | has been misappropriating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been misappropriating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be misappropriating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been misappropriating |
- During the trial, Raabe admitted that he misappropriated $80,000 of church funds.
- One professor had misappropriated research funds.
- An abortive attempt was made by Aprista newspapers to prove that the university had misappropriated public funds.
- In its narrowly defined sense the responsibility of stewardship is to demonstrate that those assets have not been misappropriated.
- Kadyrov himself has been accused of misappropriating funds from the republic's budget.
- Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use.
- The administrators are alleging that the company's money was misappropriated and paid away for no benefit to the company.
- The Archdiocese of San Francisco filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Greenlaw misappropriated up to $ 250, 000 from the church.
- This Timothy McVeigh seems to be one of this breed, even in his misappropriating of Jefferson's words.
to steal money that you have been trusted to look after► embezzle to steal money from the place where you work, especially over a long period of time: · The court was told that Julie had been embezzling funds for the last two years.· He embezzled large amounts of money to finance his gambling. ► misappropriate formal to steal money that you had been trusted to keep safe: · During the trial, Raabe admitted that he misappropriated $80,000 of church funds. ► have your fingers in the till British informal to steal money from the place where you work, especially when your work involves handling money: · They knew that money was going missing and Davy was eventually caught with his fingers in the till. ► Crimeabet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective formal to dishonestly take something that someone has trusted you with, especially money or goods that belong to your employer SYN embezzle → appropriate: He claimed the finance manager had misappropriated company funds.—misappropriation /ˌmɪsəprəʊpriˈeɪʃən $ -proʊ-/ noun [uncountable]: the misappropriation of public funds |