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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 definition: 1. to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of MISAPPROPRIATE is to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). How to use misappropriate in a sentence.
MISAPPROPRIATE meaning: 1. to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good: 2…. Learn more.
Misappropriate definition: to put to a wrong use.. See examples of MISAPPROPRIATE used in a sentence.
verb. If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes. I took no money for personal use and have not misappropriated any funds whatsoever. [VERB noun] A total of $500 million is alleged to have been misappropriated. [VERB noun]
Definition of misappropriate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
mis·ap·pro·pri·ate. (mĭs′ə-prō′prē-āt′) tr.v. mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ed, mis·ap·pro·pri·at·ing, mis·ap·pro·pri·ates. 1. To appropriate wrongly: misappropriating the theories of social science. 2. To appropriate dishonestly for one's own use; embezzle. mis′ap·pro′pri·a′tion n.
misappropriate meaning, definition, what is misappropriate: to dishonestly take something that someo...: Learn more.
( transitive) to appropriate for a wrong or dishonest use; embezzle or steal. ˌmisapˈpropriˈation n. 'misappropriate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): defalcate - embezzle - misapply. Synonyms: plunder, appropriate, abuse, rob, steal, more...
