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misappropriate

/,m/I/s/@/'pr/oU/pr/i/,/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

  1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

    verb.possession

    Synonyms defalcate embezzle malversate peculate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

misapplicationmisapplymisappreciatedmisapprehendmisapprehensionmisapprehensivelymisappropriatedmisappropriationmisarcribemisarrangemisarrangementmisassay

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