How to Use misappropriate in a Sentence

misappropriate

verb

• They accused him of misappropriating town funds.
• By email, Gluck’s lawyer said that his client had no involvement in misappropriating funds from the school district and looks forward to clearing his name in court.
  — Sarah Schweitzer, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2019
• The charges, handed down last week, allege a scheme to misappropriate billions of dollars in investor funds and deposits by Bankman-Fried, 30.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2022
• The beat-down in the Philippines was far from the only time he was accused of misappropriating other people’s money.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
• Kurchenko was sanctioned in 2015 for his role in misappropriating state assets of Ukraine.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• The letter was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which put the amount of misappropriated money at more than $46 million.
  — chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• The news release did not say how much money was allegedly misappropriated and how it was spent.
  — Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• This is what this lawsuit boils down to: did Uber steal, or misappropriate, eight specific trade secrets?
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2018
• The stakes are high when bad actors misappropriate the internet and position fake news to drown out facts for personal gain.
  — Mitchell Baker, The Atlantic, 11 May 2017
• This isn’t the first time that Epic Games has brazenly misappropriated the likeness of African-American talent.
  — Nick Statt, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2018
• The idea that anyone misappropriates it to make coronavirus seem like an Asian plot is terrible.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2020
• Sivero sued in 2014 and claimed that the Simpsons character of Louie misappropriated his likeness.
  — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2018
• The rapper and Xscape singer accused the toy company of misappropriating the girl group's name, image and likeness.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
• Having his photo misappropriated in a meme should still be following him like a black cloud.
  — Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2019
• This isn’t the first time Gerard has faced backlash for misappropriating Asian cuisine.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
• The assistant might then interpret the request as a demand to misappropriate a dose, Vian explained.
  — Laura J. Nelson, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
• Currently in the process of forming his government, Dr. Mahathir has pledged to work to get misappropriated money back for Malaysia.
  — Bradley Hope, WSJ, 12 May 2018
• After the case was brought back to court a third time, jurors eventually found that 13 dolls among the line's 30 in total infringed on the trade dress of the OMG Girlz, as well as misappropriated their name, images, and likenesses.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
• The counterclaim alleged that Jones misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from the union and its members.
  — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
• Of course, this isn't the only time Mnuchin has been so unjustly accused of misappropriating government resources by the Fake News Media.
  — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
• Raley sued Howard soon after he was arrested, and forensic accounting traced some of the money Howard misappropriated to the church.
  — Max B. Baker, star-telegram, 1 June 2016
• For Waymo, showing that what Uber acquired was indeed a trade secret and that it was misappropriated wasn't a slam dunk, which may be why the case ultimately settled.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2018
• Her brother, Jim Mulvahill, who lost his law license in 2005 for misappropriating client funds, also works for the company.
  — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 10 July 2019
• Bret Saxon and his companies have been sued multiple times by investors and others who accused him of fraud and misappropriating funds from film projects.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The trial will decide whether Uber has misappropriated trade secrets from Waymo, Google's self-driving car spinoff.
  — Joe Mullin, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2017
• Then news came that hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial aid had been misappropriated.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• However, even if human bones are technically legal to own and trade, there is a chance that some remains were grave-robbed, stolen, or misappropriated.
  — National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2016
• The aid scandal came to light when an anonymous post on the website Medium alleged that school workers had misappropriated almost a million dollars of aid money.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• Sanchez-Macias resigned less than a month later amid public allegations by a trustee who accused the two men of misappropriating funds.
  — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 June 2018
• The hope is that the money can’t be siphoned off by corrupt politicians or be misappropriated and given to the families of terrorists – a tactic used openly by the Palestinians.
  — Fox News, 31 July 2019

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024