as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
a financial manager misappropriating funds from her clients' accounts
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Recent Examples of misappropriate
Other charges include theft of property over $10,000 and misappropriating ID to obtain money.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2025
The pair accuse Ground Game of misappropriating their work to boost its fundraising and stature.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Benoit Tessier | Reuters The leader of France’s far-right National Assembly Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of misappropriating EU funds, according to Reuters and French media.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
The problem was, that the management of the bank was dominated by white bankers who engaged in widespread corruption, managing funds poorly and misappropriating money.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2025
The pair accuse Ground Game of misappropriating their work to boost its fundraising and stature.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Benoit Tessier | Reuters The leader of France’s far-right National Assembly Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of misappropriating EU funds, according to Reuters and French media.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
The problem was, that the management of the bank was dominated by white bankers who engaged in widespread corruption, managing funds poorly and misappropriating money.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misappropriate
steal
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And like the most recent case out of Iowa, stealing someone else’s flag to burn could also be criminal, the organization said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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Also starring Clooney in a leading role, The Monuments Men tells the true story of a group of museum curators, art historians and architects tasked with an unlikely mission: tracking down and recovering priceless works of art stolen by the Nazis before they’re destroyed forever.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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“Misappropriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misappropriate. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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