Sentence examples for seeks to misappropriate from inspiring English sources

To his detractors, Mr Sherman is a shameless copy-cat who seeks to misappropriate the hard-won intellectual property of research-oriented drug companies.

Teare ruled that "there can be only one explanation for the fact that the very large sums of money which were advanced were immediately transferred to companies owned or controlled by Mr. Ablyazov, namely, that the original loans were part of a dishonest scheme whereby Mr. Ablyazov sought to misappropriate monies which belonged to the bank".

Literary estates and the rights they manage are certainly unwelcome to those who attempt to misappropriate those rights for themselves (several continue to try with Sherlock).

Propaganda seeks to confound & demoralize.

Madonna seeks to shock.

So the question becomes: When existing authorities seek to reduce ethical constraints, misappropriate funds for personal gain, legitimize lies, and establish forms of hierarchical rule that exploit and conquer through dishonorable policies, will Protestants honor their heritage and serve their prophetic vocation in society?

The authors of these articles seek to promote the legalization of euthanasia by misappropriating ethical principles such as the Principle of Double Effect in order to confuse their colleagues and diminish the fundamental and very real differences between the practices of palliation and euthanasia [ 34- 37].

The U.S. lawsuits seek to seize assets "involved in and traceable to an international conspiracy to launder money misappropriated from 1MDB" over a four-year period.

When Rank discovers, decades later, that his juvenile malfeasance has been misappropriated for a novel by his bookish college buddy, Adam, Rank goes after him with "enthusiastic umbrage," pummeling his e-mail in-box with a barrage of bumptious letters seeking to correct the record.

sought to impose.

Seek to add volume.