The phrase "are being misappropriated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the improper or unauthorized use of something, often in a legal or ethical context.
Example: "The funds allocated for community development are being misappropriated by the organization."
Alternatives: "are being misused" or "are being diverted".
Concern about how social media platforms are being misappropriated to channel and amplify disinformation has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years, most especially in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election and as more details have emerged about the extent of Russian-backed online content meddling.
Concern about how social media platforms are being misappropriated to channel and amplify disinformation has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years, most especially in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election and as more details have emerged about the extent of Russian-backed online content meddling.
Even if we assume that the draft protections are warranted — that valuable intellectual property and sensitive technology created by early-stage startups really is being misappropriated — a blocking measure around foreign venture capital investment in sensitive technologies like AI would be a significant departure from the status quo.
Ms Jagger learned that aid from the U.S. and elsewhere was being misappropriated by the Somoza regime: these ruthless acts of pillage eventually fuelled the Sandinista Revolution and motivated her to fight repression, corruption and injustice.
It's been misappropriated, what he was talking about.
"But the fact that it's been misappropriated and mislabeled and packaged as such that it doesn't have anything to do with black people is ultimately detrimental to the art form.... It's not about renaming it so much as giving the proper acknowledgment to those who created it".
But there's another way to express 26percentt, and that would be as "Not 74 Percent," the too-silent majority group in this country that's a bit more inclined towards real commonsense solutions, to use a term that's been misappropriated by a former Alaska governor.
Will they take back what's been called "Sleaze City" so the people can assert control again -- or continue to let corporate and campaign donors run the city so that, as federal investigators estimate, as much as $20 million annually is being stolen, misappropriated or wasted in crony contracts?
"The U.S.O.C. has a long history of internal fights, scandal, money being misappropriated," Peterson said.
That series has drawn some criticism from traditional media outlets that Vice is allowing its platform to being misappropriated as a propaganda channel by violent militants, offering uncritical reportage in exchange for sensational access.
