misappropriate
verb/ˌmɪs.əˈpɹəʊ.pɹɪ.eɪt/UK/ˌmɪs.əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/US
Etymology
From mis- + appropriate.
- derived from appropriātus
- inherited from appropriaten
Definitions
To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
To embezzle.
- The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for misappropriate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA