misappropriate
21misappropriate — v. take dishonestly (especially money), make unfair use of, misallocate …
22misappropriate — verb dishonestly or unfairly take for one s own use. Derivatives misappropriation noun …
23misappropriate — 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 …
24misappropriate — verb he confessed to having misappropriated millions from his clients Syn: embezzle, expropriate, steal, thieve, pilfer, pocket, help oneself to, make off with; informal swipe, filch, rip off, snitch, pinch …
25misappropriate — v 1. steal, peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark. 2. misuse, misemploy, misapply; abuse, profane, desecrate, prostitute, pervert; misspend, squander, waste, dissipate, Sl. blow …
26misappropriate — mis·appropriate …
27misappropriate — 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 …
28misappropriate — /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 …
29misappropriate — /ˌmɪsə prəυprieɪt/ verb to use illegally money which is not yours, but with which you have been trusted …
30misappropriate — v.tr. apply (usu. another s money) to one s own use, or to a wrong use. Derivatives: misappropriation n …
