[verb] [T] - to steal (something that you have been trusted to take care of) and use it for your own benefitSolicitors who misappropriate clients' funds risk being sent to prison.He is accused of misappropriating $30 000 to pay for personal taxes, gambling debts and travel expenses.
MISAPPROPRIATE
Meaning of MISAPPROPRIATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012