misappropriate

English

Etymology

From 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, siphon

Derived terms

• misappropriation
• misappropriator

Translations

to use something wrongly, or illegally

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

to embezzle — see embezzle