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   misappropriate

   /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use: "the report revealed that department officials had misappropriated funds"

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   What does misappropriate mean?

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   What does it mean to misappropriate money?

   • You might hear the phrase "to misappropriate funds" on the news — usually what this means is that someone who has access to money at work has stolen some of it. A banker might misappropriate money, for example, paying himself a bonus, or the manager of a charity might misappropriate donations, using them to buy herself a new car.

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   What is criminal misappropriation?

   • The Criminal Misappropriation takes place when the possession has come innocently, but continued with subsequent change of intention or knowledge of latest facts which the party was previously unknown. The retaining of property becomes wrongful and fraudulent when the very fact is understood.

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   What is meant by misappropriation of property?

   • The misappropriation must be of movable property and in possession of someone else. The word “movable property” is also defined under S.22 of IPC which includes the corporeal property of every description, except land and things attached to the earth.

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   The meaning of MISAPPROPRIATE is to appropriate wrongly (as by theft or embezzlement). How to use misappropriate in a sentence.

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   MISAPPROPRIATE definition: 1. to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good: 2…. Learn more.

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   MISAPPROPRIATE meaning: 1. to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good: 2…. Learn more.

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   Misappropriate definition: to put to a wrong use.. See examples of MISAPPROPRIATE used in a sentence.

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   verb. If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes. I took no money for personal use and have not misappropriated any funds whatsoever. [VERB noun] A total of $500 million is alleged to have been misappropriated. [VERB noun]

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   When you misappropriate something, you steal it, or otherwise use it in a way its owner didn't intend.