Misappropriate
[mɪsə'prəʊprɪeɪt] or [,mɪsə'proprɪet]
Definition
(v. t.) To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Misassign, purloin, misdistribute, abuse, misuse
ANT:Assign, distribute, employ, use
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Definition
v.t. to put to a wrong use.—n. Misappropriā′tion.
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Examples
- He would no doubt have been tried for misappropriating public property, if not for treason, had he been captured. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This victory drew down upon Lucius Scipio the hostility of the Senate, and he was accused of misappropriating moneys received from Antiochus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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