MISAPPROPRIATING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

misappropriating

verb

present participle of misappropriate

as in stealing

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 misappropriating In January, his former UC Davis assistant pleaded no contest to a felony charge of misappropriating public money. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 Apple has sued OpenAI and two of its former employees, accusing the company of misappropriating confidential information and trade secrets to accelerate its consumer hardware ambitions. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026 The 48-year-old daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte is accused of corruption, bribery, misappropriating millions in government funds and threatening to have the current president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, assassinated. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 9 July 2026 Following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, Davis was dismissed for misappropriating $94,000 from the label — money used in part to pay for his son’s bar mitzvah and family vacations. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 However, in May 1973, following a federal investigation and an internal CBS probe, he was summarily fired for misappropriating $94,000 from the label. — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026 The lawsuit, originally filed in September, accused OpenAI of misappropriating confidential information from departing xAI employees. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2026 Ereg is accused of obtaining, misappropriating and laundering millions of dollars meant to feed children in need, officials said in a statement. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 June 2026 Wilson is accused of misappropriating $54,000 in county funds. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 3 June 2026

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stealing

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On a 3-2 count to Carson Benge, Bichette was caught stealing.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Just how easy such a crime is to commit came to light a year ago when a former Michigan football staffer was arrested and accused of stealing more than 3,000 images and videos of athletes.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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