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Recent Examples of misappropriate In 2016, on the verge of being caught for misappropriating millions from his celebrity NFL clients to finance terrible feature films, Blazer confessed his crimes to the federal government and explained how the underbelly of college sports really worked, in gruesome detail. Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025 The charter school acknowledged in March its wrongdoing and offered to pay back $13 million in state funds attributed to misappropriating attendance in the 2021-22 school year, according to ABC10. Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025 The case was initiated by the current leadership of the Colorado Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) against its former president, Randy Kanai, who is accused of misappropriating or failing to account for hundreds of thousands of dollars in the organization’s funds over several years at the helm. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Days after an April whistleblower report alleged that DOGE misappropriated sensitive labor dispute data, DOGE staffers paid a visit to the Washington, D.C. office. Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misappropriate
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steal
Verb
  • This attack works through thousands of dangerous websites, stealing credit card or PayPal details as soon as they’re entered.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • In a near-future Kolkata, ravaged by climate change, one family is about to escape, until their visas are stolen.
    Literary Hub July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025

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“Misappropriate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misappropriate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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