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Misappropriate

//ˌmɪs.əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take something for wrong or illegal purposes. transitive
  2. 2
    appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use wordnet
  3. 3
    To embezzle. transitive

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

Etymology

From mis- + appropriate.

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