misappropriate
🇺🇸
/ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/
🇬🇧
/ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/
verb
R
to wrongly take something that belongs to someone else, especially when you were supposed to be looking after it
The manager was fired for misappropriating funds from the company.
translation
to wrongly take something that belongs to someone else, especially when you were supposed to be looking after it
Word Forms
3rd Present
misappropriates
Past
misappropriated
Perfect
misappropriated
Progressive
misappropriating