Synonyms of misappropriating

misappropriating

verb

present participle of misappropriate

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

a financial manager misappropriating funds from her clients' accounts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stealing
• appropriating
• swiping
• pilfering
• robbing
• grabbing
• filching
• lifting
• purloining
• thieving
• snatching
• pocketing
• nicking
• pinching
• snitching
• hooking
• ripping off
• boosting
• hijacking
• making off with
• running off with
• nipping
• making away with
• taking
• plundering
• seizing
• heisting
• walking off with
• picking
• looting
• pillaging
• burglarizing
• sacking
• knocking over
• poaching
• shoplifting
• grasping
• rustling
• rifling
• abducting
• spiriting
• nailing
• kidnapping
• mooching
• collaring
• sponging
• carjacking
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• contributing
• presenting
• donating
• bestowing
• handing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misappropriating

Some Buddhist temples in Thailand are extremely wealthy because worshippers donate large amounts as a way of making religious merit, and the country has seen cases of senior monks being accused of misappropriating temple funds. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

The jury found that Joby owes Aerosonic more than $48 million for misappropriating trade secrets and more than $68 million for breaking a nondisclosure agreement. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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

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

Apple has sued OpenAI and two of its former employees, accusing the company of misappropriating confidential information and trade secrets to accelerate its consumer hardware ambitions. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

The 48-year-old daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte is accused of corruption, bribery, misappropriating millions in government funds and threatening to have the current president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, assassinated. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 9 July 2026

Following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, Davis was dismissed for misappropriating $94,000 from the label — money used in part to pay for his son’s bar mitzvah and family vacations. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026