misappropriate

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ appropriate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹəʊ.pɹɪ.eɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
2. (transitive) To embezzle.

   The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.

Synonyms

• (take for wrong purposes): misuse
• (embezzle): defalcate, embezzle, peculate

Derived terms

• misappropriation

Translations

to use something wrongly, or illegally

• Bulgarian: злоупотребявам (bg) (zloupotrebjavam)
• Czech: zpronevěřovat, zpronevěřit pf
• Polish: sprzeniewierzyć (pl), sprzeniewierzać impf
• Slovene: poneveriti pf, poneverjati impf

to embezzle — see embezzle