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misappropriatemisappropriate /ˌmɪsəˈproʊpriˌeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal 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 |
to dishonestly take something that you have been trusted to keep safe, for example to take money that belongs to your employer SYN steal: One professor had misappropriated research funds.—misappropriation /ˌmɪsəˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |