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11misappropriate intrusted funds — index embezzle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12misappropriate money — index defalcate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13misappropriate — transitive verb Date: 1825 to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement) • misappropriation noun …
14misappropriate — 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] * * * …
15misappropriate — verb /ˌmɪs.əˈprəʊ.prɪ.eɪt,ˌmɪs.əˈproʊ.pri.eɪt/ a) To use something wrongly, or illegally b) To embezzle …
16misappropriate — Synonyms and related words: abuse, befoul, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate, divert, embezzle, expropriate, filch, foul, maladminister, misapply, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pocket, pollute,… …
17misappropriate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. plunder, appropriate, abuse; see rob , steal . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. steal, swindle, embezzle, pocket, defalcate, *rip off, filch, cheat. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To use wrongly and improperly: abuse,… …
18misappropriate — 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… …
19misappropriate — mis|ap|pro|pri|ate [ ,mısə proupri,eıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to take for yourself money that you are responsible for but that does not belong to you ╾ mis|ap|pro|pri|a|tion [ ,mısə,proupri eıʃn ] noun uncount …
20misappropriate — [[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… …
