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to misappropriate
verb
To use something wrongly, or illegally
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By the same token, outsiders have a duty not to misappropriate such information.
He wrote that lax supervision made it possible for him to misappropriate money.
Moreover, it is too easy for a wily market logic to misappropriate efforts to buy greener products.
To misappropriate a lyric from a Long Island chanteuse, Joan Jett, the only reputation the road has is a bad one.
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).
Breaking news goes from being unknown to widely known so quickly that there is no longer any chance to misappropriate its value.
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The money manager who promised Hollywood stars and other artists a safe investment haven pleaded guilty yesterday to fraud and admitted to misappropriating some of his clients' funds.
C8 Stars Adviser Pleads Guilty Danaa C. Giacchetto, the money manager whose Cassandra Group favored celebrities and artists, pleaded guilty to fraud and admitted to misappropriating clients' money.
Similarly Paul Greenwood, a hedge fund manager and a former supervisor of North Salem, who has pleaded guilty to misappropriating $554 million in client funds, promoted his schemes in Pound Ridge circles, Ms. Marwell said.
In 2003, a former mayor, Peter LaVilla, pleaded guilty to misappropriating campaign funds and using the money for a private brokerage account after an investigation by the United States attorney's office.
Blancarte pleaded guilty in 2011 to misappropriating public funds and was sentenced to three years' probation.
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