misappropriate
verb /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/
/ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they misappropriate | /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/ /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/ |
| he / she / it misappropriates | /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪts/ /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪts/ |
| past simple misappropriated | /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle misappropriated | /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form misappropriating | /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ/ /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ/ |
- misappropriate something to take somebody else’s money or property for yourself, especially when they have trusted you to take care of it synonym embezzle
- He is accused of misappropriating money from the company’s pension fund.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMisappropriate is used with these nouns as the object:- fund