Hypertext Webster Gateway: "misappropriate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Misappropriate \Mis`ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t.
To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
misappropriate
v : appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care)
fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled
thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy
family" [syn: {embezzle}, {defalcate}, {peculate}]
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