misappropriate
verbUK /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹəʊ.pɹɪ.eɪt/ · US /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/
Etymology From mis- + appropriate.
1
To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
2
To embezzle.
- The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.
- Derived terms
- misappropriation, misappropriator