misappropriate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

English appropriate

English misappropriate

From mis- + appropriate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹəʊ.pɹɪ.eɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/

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Verb

misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)

1. (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
2. (transitive) To embezzle.

   The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.

Synonyms

• (take for wrong purposes): misuse,
• (embezzle): defalcate, embezzle, peculate, siphon

Derived terms

• misappropriation
• misappropriator

Translations

to use something wrongly, or illegally

• Albanian: shpërdoroj (sq)
• Bulgarian: злоупотребявам (bg) (zloupotrebjavam)
• Czech: zpronevěřovat, zpronevěřit pf
• Polish: sprzeniewierzyć (pl), sprzeniewierzać impf
• Slovene: poneveriti pf, poneverjati impf

to embezzle — see embezzle