Sentence examples for is a misappropriation from inspiring English sources

"The idea is not to demystify the film, not to use the DVD just for archival purposes, which I think is a misappropriation".

Chasing cherry-picked Olympic dreams in which the winners are the privileged, cynics say, is a misappropriation of the public purse.

This, of course, is a misappropriation of the full version of the word, which is apparently derived from the name of the cuckoo bird.

The Berkeley Divinity School denied there had been a misappropriation of school funds.

However, the expert hired to carry out the assessment told Swedish radio that this was a misappropriation of her conclusions.

"We did surveys in the Latin American community to understand if they felt the name was a misappropriation of that term or had negative connotations, and 97% said 'no'no

"This is an outrageous misappropriation of public funds," Mr. Fisch said in a statement.

In a novel of slightly less than 250 pages, this is a grievous narrative misappropriation.

Using the word "yam" to describe some types of sweet potato is a long-standing misappropriation that has managed to create decades of confusion.

Javid's attempt to shore up democratic values with a show of power is, likewise, a misappropriation, taking the principles of equality as garb for a divisive authoritarianism.

It's a perverse misappropriation of the right to freedom of speech to claim: "I can say whatever I like but you're not allowed to say anything about it".