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misappropriate — mis‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt ǁ ˈproʊ ] verb [transitive] LAW 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… … Financial and business terms
misappropriate intrusted funds — index embezzle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
misappropriate — mis|ap|pro|pri|ate [ˌmısəˈprəuprieıt US ˈprou ] v [T] formal to dishonestly take something that someone has trusted you with, especially money or goods that belong to your employer = ↑embezzle ▪ He claimed the finance manager had misappropriated… … Dictionary of contemporary English
misappropriate — [[t]mɪ̱səpro͟ʊprieɪt[/t]] misappropriates, misappropriating, misappropriated VERB If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes. [V n] I took no money for… … English dictionary
misappropriate — misappropriation, n. /mis euh proh pree ayt /, v.t., misappropriated, misappropriating. 1. to put to a wrong use. 2. to apply wrongfully or dishonestly, as funds entrusted to one s care. [1855 60; MIS 1 + APPROPRIATE] * * * … Universalium
misappropriate — verb (T) formal to dishonestly take something that you have been trusted to keep safe, for example to take money that belongs to your employer; embezzle misappropriation, noun (uncountable + of): the misappropriation of treasury funds … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
misappropriate — mis•ap•pro•pri•ate [[t]ˌmɪs əˈproʊ priˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to put to a wrong use 2) to apply wrongfully or dishonestly, as funds entrusted to one s care • Etymology: 1855–60 mis ap•pro pri•a′tion, n … From formal English to slang
misappropriate — /mɪsəˈproʊprieɪt / (say misuh prohpreeayt) verb (t) (misappropriated, misappropriating) 1. to put to a wrong use. 2. to apply wrongfully or dishonestly to one s own use, as funds entrusted to one. –misappropriation /mɪsəˌproʊpriˈeɪʃən/ (say misuh …
embezzle funds — fraudulently appropriate sums of money entrusted to one s care, misappropriate funds, defraud … English contemporary dictionary
embezzle — em·bez·zle /im be zəl/ vt em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling [Anglo French embeseiller to make away with, from en , prefix stressing completion + beseller to snatch, misappropriate, from Old French, to destroy]: to convert (property entrusted to one s… … Law dictionary
