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
• 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
• 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
• Her children have accused their grandfather, Pedro, a Latin music legend in his own right, and an aunt and uncle of misappropriating part of their inheritance.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
• The jury’s verdict indicated that Kirchner then misappropriated over $25 million of the investor funds in various ways—confirming the charges levied by the SEC.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024