'Misappropriate' definitions:

Definition of 'misappropriate'

verb

Appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use; "The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family" [syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate]

Definition of 'Misappropriate'

From: GCIDE

Misappropriate \Mis`ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'misappropriate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

abuse,
befoul,
convert,
debase,
defalcate,
defile,
desecrate,
divert,
embezzle,
expropriate,
filch,
foul,
maladminister,
misapply,
misemploy,
mishandle,
mismanage,
misuse,
peculate,
pervert,
pilfer,
pocket,
pollute,
profane,
prostitute,
steal,
violate

Words containing 'Misappropriate'

Misappropriation,
misappropriated