| ̷ ̷+ transitive verb
Etymology: mis- (I) + appropriate
1.
a. : to apply to illegal purposes
the directors misappropriated the company's funds for speculation
b. : to appropriate dishonestly for one's own use : embezzle
misappropriated these funds for his own use — Hamilton Basso
2. : to appropriate wrongly or misapply in use
the social scientist's techniques can be easily misappropriated — W.H.Whyte
• mis·appropriation “+ noun