MISAPPROPRIATE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

misappropriate

verb

ˌmi-sə-ˈprō-prē-ˌāt

Definition of misappropriate

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 Meyer wound up allegedly misappropriating about $570,000, including $100,000 for a personal investment in an exotic-car company and $220,000 sent to his personal bank account. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 The Yes campaign claims that the CEOs of some clinics are misappropriating taxpayer funds to inflate their own salaries, rather than putting the money toward patient care and clinic staffing. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Court findings, shared in 2025, showed that nearly 72% of the sheriff’s office spending was misattributed or misappropriated. — Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 Three years later, in April 2018, he was accused of misappropriating over $400,000 in funds while working at the financial aid office as an undergraduate. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misappropriate

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misappropriate

steal

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Police also received one unconfirmed report that a Honda SUV was stolen using an OBD-2 port scanner, which involves plugging a device in under the dashboard and duplicating the key fob.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
In all sorts of ways, from the character of Baum’s music to the show-stealing sassy sidekicks, Wanted is channeling the Mouse House during its second golden age of animation, the era of Simba, Aladdin, and the muses of Hercules.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026