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- Dictionarymisappropriate/ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪeɪt/
verb
- 1. dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use: "the report revealed that department officials had misappropriated funds"
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Misappropriate means to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, usage and translations of misappropriate from Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
MISAPPROPRIATE meaning: 1. to steal something that you have...
- Znaczenie Misappropriate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
misappropriate definicja: 1. to steal something that you...
- Misappropriate in Traditional Chinese
MISAPPROPRIATE translate: 挪用;盜用;侵吞;私佔. Learn more in the...
- Misappropriate in Simplified Chinese
MISAPPROPRIATE translate: 挪用;盗用;侵吞;私占. Learn more in the...
- Misapplied
MISAPPLIED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of...
- Embezzle
EMBEZZLE definition: 1. to secretly take money that is in...
- English (US)
Learn the meaning of misappropriate, a verb that means to appropriate wrongly or unlawfully, as by theft or embezzlement. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.
Misappropriate means to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, usage and pronunciation of misappropriate with Cambridge Dictionary.
Misappropriate means to take or use something that does not belong to you, especially for your own benefit. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, grammar and usage of this verb and its noun form misappropriation.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the formal verb misappropriate, which means to take somebody else's money or property for yourself. See synonyms, collocations and a sentence example from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Misappropriate definition: to put to a wrong use.. See examples of MISAPPROPRIATE used in a sentence.
When you misappropriate something, you steal it, or otherwise use it in a way its owner didn't intend. You might hear the phrase "to misappropriate funds" on the news — usually what this means is that someone who has access to money at work has stolen some of it.