HyperDic: misappropriate

English > 1 sense of the word misappropriate:
VERBpossessionmisappropriate, embezzle, defalcate, peculate, malversateappropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
misappropriate > pronunciation
Soundsmihsahprow'priyey.t
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English > misappropriate: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
MeaningAppropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Synonymsembezzle, defalcate, peculate, malversate
Narrowerfiddlecommit fraud / fraud and steal from one's employer
Broadersteal, rip off, ripTake without the owner's consent
Spanishmalversar
Catalanmalversar
Nounsmisappropriationthe fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

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