MISAPPROPRIATE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

misappropriate

verb

ˌmi-sə-ˈprō-prē-ˌāt

Definition of misappropriate

as in to steal

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 misappropriate Court findings, shared in 2025, showed that nearly 72% of the sheriff’s office spending was misattributed or misappropriated. — Yana Kunichoff, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 Three years later, in April 2018, he was accused of misappropriating over $400,000 in funds while working at the financial aid office as an undergraduate. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 That’s one reason there are so many arguments over the value of a team, or an athlete, or sports more generally, as more and more money chases something essentially priceless—or misappropriated, depending on your view. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Every dollar misappropriated by a fraudulent operator is a dollar taken directly from an individual struggling with depression, addiction or severe mental illness. — Richard Popiel, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for misappropriate

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misappropriate

steal

Verb

Pike committed the crime over an intense romantic jealousy of Slemmer, who allegedly attempted to steal her boyfriend’s attention.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Related Articles The paintings, Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano and Femme au puits (Woman at the Well), were stolen from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer on September 8.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026