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Meaning of "misappropriate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISAPPROPRIATE

misappropriate  [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISAPPROPRIATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misappropriate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb misappropriate in English.

WHAT DOES MISAPPROPRIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of misappropriate in the English dictionary

The definition of misappropriate in the dictionary is to appropriate for a wrong or dishonest use; embezzle or steal.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MISAPPROPRIATE

PRESENT

Present
I misappropriate
you misappropriate
he/she/it misappropriates
we misappropriate
you misappropriate
they misappropriate
Present continuous
I am misappropriating
you are misappropriating
he/she/it is misappropriating
we are misappropriating
you are misappropriating
they are misappropriating
Present perfect
I have misappropriated
you have misappropriated
he/she/it has misappropriated
we have misappropriated
you have misappropriated
they have misappropriated
Present perfect continuous
I have been misappropriating
you have been misappropriating
he/she/it has been misappropriating
we have been misappropriating
you have been misappropriating
they have been misappropriating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I misappropriated
you misappropriated
he/she/it misappropriated
we misappropriated
you misappropriated
they misappropriated
Past continuous
I was misappropriating
you were misappropriating
he/she/it was misappropriating
we were misappropriating
you were misappropriating
they were misappropriating
Past perfect
I had misappropriated
you had misappropriated
he/she/it had misappropriated
we had misappropriated
you had misappropriated
they had misappropriated
Past perfect continuous
I had been misappropriating
you had been misappropriating
he/she/it had been misappropriating
we had been misappropriating
you had been misappropriating
they had been misappropriating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will misappropriate
you will misappropriate
he/she/it will misappropriate
we will misappropriate
you will misappropriate
they will misappropriate
Future continuous
I will be misappropriating
you will be misappropriating
he/she/it will be misappropriating
we will be misappropriating
you will be misappropriating
they will be misappropriating
Future perfect
I will have misappropriated
you will have misappropriated
he/she/it will have misappropriated
we will have misappropriated
you will have misappropriated
they will have misappropriated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been misappropriating
you will have been misappropriating
he/she/it will have been misappropriating
we will have been misappropriating
you will have been misappropriating
they will have been misappropriating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would misappropriate
you would misappropriate
he/she/it would misappropriate
we would misappropriate
you would misappropriate
they would misappropriate
Conditional continuous
I would be misappropriating
you would be misappropriating
he/she/it would be misappropriating
we would be misappropriating
you would be misappropriating
they would be misappropriating
Conditional perfect
I would have misappropriate
you would have misappropriate
he/she/it would have misappropriate
we would have misappropriate
you would have misappropriate
they would have misappropriate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been misappropriating
you would have been misappropriating
he/she/it would have been misappropriating
we would have been misappropriating
you would have been misappropriating
they would have been misappropriating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you misappropriate
we let´s misappropriate
you misappropriate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to misappropriate
Past participle
misappropriated
Present Participle
misappropriating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISAPPROPRIATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
confarreate
kənˈfærɪˌeɪt
disappropriate
ˌdɪsəˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt
dispropriate
dɪsˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt
ebriate
ˈiːbrɪˌeɪt
elutriate
ɪˈluːtrɪˌeɪt
excoriate
ɪkˈskɔːrɪˌeɪt
expropriate
ɛksˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt
impropriate
ɪmˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt
inebriate
ɪnˈiːbrɪˌeɪt
infuriate
ɪnˈfjʊərɪˌeɪt
luxuriate
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪˌeɪt
patriate
ˈpætrɪˌeɪt
procreate
ˈprəʊkrɪˌeɪt
reappropriate
ˌriːəˈprəʊprɪˌeɪt
recreate
ˈrɛkrɪˌeɪt
repatriate
riːˈpætrɪˌeɪt
uniseriate
ˌjuːnɪˈsɪərɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISAPPROPRIATE

misapplication
misapplied
misapplies
misapply
misappraisal
misappreciate
misappreciation
misappreciative
misapprehend
misapprehension
misapprehensive
misapprehensively
misapprehensiveness
misappropriation
misarrange
misarrangement
misarray
misarticulate
misassay
misassemble

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISAPPROPRIATE

appropriate
biseriate
bivariate
covariate
expatriate
fimbriate
immediate
inappropriate
malappropriate
multivariate
muriate
pluriseriate
professoriate
proletariate
secretariate
seriate
striate
unappropriate
univariate
variate
vicariate

Synonyms and antonyms of misappropriate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISAPPROPRIATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «misappropriate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of misappropriate

Translation of «misappropriate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISAPPROPRIATE

Find out the translation of misappropriate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misappropriate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misappropriate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

挪用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apropiarse indebidamente
570 millions of speakers

English

misappropriate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गबन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اختلاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

присвоить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apropriar-se indevidamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মসাৎ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détourner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salah guna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

veruntreuen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不正流用する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

횡령
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misappropriate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lạm tiêu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அபகரித்துக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गैरसमज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emanete hıyanet etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

appropriarsi indebitamente di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nienależne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

привласнити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deturna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπεξαίρεσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die misbruik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillskansa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underslå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misappropriate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISAPPROPRIATE»

The term «misappropriate» is regularly used and occupies the 70.274 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISAPPROPRIATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misappropriate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misappropriate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misappropriate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISAPPROPRIATE»

Discover the use of misappropriate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misappropriate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
An embassy is under an ambassador, and a legation is under a minister, envoy, charge d'affaires, or some other diplomatic agent. embezzle; misappropriate; steal. Embezzle ( = to fraudulently convert personal property that one has been ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
2
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
An embassy is under an ambassador, and a legation is under a minister, envoy, charge d'affaires, or other diplomatic agent. embezzle; misappropriate; steal. Embezzle (= to fraudulently convert personal property that one has been entrusted ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2000
3
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
We can only do that by curtailing recurrent expenditure. It is very painful to curtail this expenditure but a good deal of it is today wasted by people who misappropriate funds and go without being pursued. I hope that the name Attorney-General ...
4
Garner's Modern American Usage
2002, at 17. embezzle; misappropriate; steal. Embezzle (= to fraudulently convert personal property that one has been entrusted with) is now always used in reference to fiduciaries. Misappropriate means “to take for oneself wrongfully” and ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
5
Gustav George Bujkovsky, et al.: Securities and Exchange ...
This not only allowed the Khannas to continue to misappropriate investor funds, but also allowed Bujkovsky to directly profit from the MAK 1 fraud. 28. Between April and July 2009, at least $1 .5 million in funds from MAK 1 and/or M. Khanna ...
David Brown
6
Titus MacArthur New Testament Commentary
Pilfering (from nophizō) literally means “to put aside for oneself or misappropriate ” and came to be used of stealing by embezzlement. Because household stewards, or business managers, in New Testament times were frequently slaves, they ...
John F MacArthur, 1996
7
Lithuanian Dictionary: English-Lithuanian, Lithuanian-English
misaepri henjn] n suklydimas; nesu- sipratimas misappropriate [,miss praupneit] * neteisétai pasisavinti misbehave [,misbi heiv] v blogai elgtis miscalculate [,mis' kaelkjuleit] v apsis- kaiiiuoti {aptirikti) miscall [mis кэ:1] v 1 pavadinti ne tuo vardu  ...
Bronius Piesarskas, 1995
8
New Theory and Practice of Capitalism
The misappropriate use of public fund is a severe offense in Singapore. People understand that the appropriate use of public fund is a key factor for economic progress of the country. The transparency for use of public fund is also an act of ...
John Bosco Nkumunue
9
The Complete CPA Reference
B. Adverse relationships between the entity and employees with access to cash or other assets susceptible to theft may motivate those employees to misappropriate those assets. For example, adverse relationships may be created by: I Known ...
Nick A. Dauber, Jae K. Shim, Joel G. Siegel, 2013
10
Corporate Fraud Handbook: Prevention and Detection
Though it is true that employees sometimes misappropriate assets in front of coworkers who do not suspect fraud, it is also true that employees may be fully aware that one of their coworkers is stealing yet may refrain from reporting the crime.
Joseph T. Wells, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISAPPROPRIATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misappropriate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Toshiba CEO Steps Down Amid $1.2 Billion Profit Scandal
Tanaka denies that he gave orders to misappropriate accounts; however, such observations were made by the independent report. «Tech Times, Jul 15»
2
Ex-President Jonathan's CSO, Gordon Obua Released From DSS …
ExpressNG gathered that the former DSS official was being investigated for undisclosed misappropriate during his service. The DSS is ... «Entertainment Express, Jul 15»
3
What Buhari's Administration Will Do About Nigerian Police?
It is always a tough job, catching civil servants when they misappropriate public funds, but to catch a corrupt police officer? Just take a drive. «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
4
Woman behind whistleblower website Sarawak Report
... whose advisory board is headed by the Prime Minister - was a front for Mr Najib and several businessmen to misappropriate public funds. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
5
Website founder motivated 'only by concern, not malice'
... whose advisory board is headed by the Prime Minister - was a front for Mr Najib and several businessmen to misappropriate public funds. «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
6
CC's in snack giant brand fight
... month, Bluebird's lawyer characterised Griffins' trade mark application as a "bad faith smash and grab" attempt to misappropriate the brand. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
CAB takes action in Nigeria over 'looted' $6.5m
It accused Abacha, his son Mohammed Sani Abacha, an associate, and others as conspiring to misappropriate billions of dollars. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
8
Bill seeks to grant reparation to victims of armed conflicts
... individual who shall embezzle or misappropriate the funds for the reparations of victims shall suffer imprisonment of 10 to 15 years. (Sunnex). «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
9
Day in court: This week's Sheboygan County sentencings
Misappropriate ID info, misdemeanor credit card theft. Danny L. Wingo, 34, Sheboygan, three years prison, three years extended supervision, ... «The Sheboygan Press, Jul 15»
10
Judge Rejects Court Order Requested in Fight Over Alzheimer's Study
In a civil lawsuit filed July 2, UCSD alleges that Aisen and his team conspired with USC to misappropriate the ADCS by changing computer ... «Xconomy, Jul 15»

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