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Webster 1913 Edition

Misappropriate

Misˊap-pro′pri-ate

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Verb.

T.

To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

Definition 2024

misappropriate

misappropriate

English

Verb

misappropriate ‎(third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)

To use something wrongly, or illegally
To embezzle

Synonyms

(use wrongly): misuse
(embezzle): defalcate, embezzle, peculate

Derived terms

misappropriation

Translations

to use something wrongly, or illegally

Polish: sprzeniewierzyć (pl)

to embezzle — see embezzle