MISAPPROPRIATED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

misappropriated

verb

past tense of misappropriate

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep a financial manager misappropriating funds from her clients' accounts

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Recent Examples of misappropriated He was also accused of deceiving escrow agents to secure the release of pre-construction condo deposits and then misappropriated those funds for personal expenses unrelated to the developments. — Jay Weaver june 6, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026 The judge, however, said Monday that Ramco failed to offer evidence that Prasad misappropriated hospital funds. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 The court also discovered that Shi misappropriated funds amounting to about $22 million for personal use for more than three months without repayment between 2012 and 2022, among other findings, the report added. — Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 The money was instead misappropriated for her own benefit, with significant sums of the fraud redirected to gambling expenses. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 May 2026 If the audit reveals that funds were misappropriated or handled criminally, those responsible belong in prison. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 DeMaio said police found that Orsini misappropriated more than $100,000 in chamber funds between 2022 and 2025. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026 While Montana maintained his right of publicity was misappropriated, the court held the posters reflected reporting on newsworthy events. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Apr. 2026 The investigation, supported by an audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit, determined Hulen misappropriated $2,210 in court fine payments while employed as the court clerk. — Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2026

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Siri stole second, and Schanuel brought him home on the go-ahead RBI single.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Two armed men stole the works on December 7 from the Mário de Andrade Library in São Paulo during public hours at the city’s largest library.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

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In a world saturated with information, where every image is already endlessly recycled and re-appropriated, attention itself becomes a political act.

— Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Congress appropriated $257 million in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act for Kennedy Center repairs and renovations.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

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