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  • misappropriate — mis‧ap‧pro‧pri‧ate [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt ǁ ˈproʊ ] verb [transitive] LAW to dishonestly take something, especially money, that you have been trusted to keep safe, and to use it for your own advantage: • He was accused of misappropriating funds… …   Financial and business terms

  • misappropriate — UK [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt] / US [ˌmɪsəˈproʊprɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms misappropriate : present tense I/you/we/they misappropriate he/she/it misappropriates present participle misappropriating past tense misappropriated past participle… …   English dictionary

  • misappropriate — [[t]mɪ̱səpro͟ʊprieɪt[/t]] misappropriates, misappropriating, misappropriated VERB If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes. [V n] I took no money for… …   English dictionary

  • misappropriate — mis|ap|pro|pri|ate [ˌmısəˈprəuprieıt US ˈprou ] v [T] formal to dishonestly take something that someone has trusted you with, especially money or goods that belong to your employer = ↑embezzle ▪ He claimed the finance manager had misappropriated… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • misappropriate — mis|ap|pro|pri|ate [ ,mısə proupri,eıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to take for yourself money that you are responsible for but that does not belong to you ╾ mis|ap|pro|pri|a|tion [ ,mısə,proupri eıʃn ] noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • misappropriate — v. take dishonestly (especially money), make unfair use of, misallocate …   English contemporary dictionary

  • misappropriate — verb (T) formal to dishonestly take something that you have been trusted to keep safe, for example to take money that belongs to your employer; embezzle misappropriation, noun (uncountable + of): the misappropriation of treasury funds …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • misappropriate — /ˌmɪsə prəυprieɪt/ verb to use illegally money which is not yours, but with which you have been trusted …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • misappropriate — v.tr. apply (usu. another s money) to one s own use, or to a wrong use. Derivatives: misappropriation n …   Useful english dictionary

  • embezzle money — fraudulently appropriate sums of money entrusted to one s care, misappropriate funds, defraud …   English contemporary dictionary

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