Misappropriate

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  • transitive verb. To appropriate wrongly.
  • transitive verb. To appropriate dishonestly for one's own use; embezzle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To appropriate wrongly; put to a wrong use: as, to misappropriate funds intrusted to one.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To use something wrongly, or illegally
  • verb. To embezzle
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
    • Word Usage
    "Nowhere does the Act say that journalists may "misappropriate" trade secrets for personal or company gain."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    steal  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    fiddle  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    appropriate  expropriate  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abuse  appropriate  befoul  convert  debase  
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