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were misspent
verb
Past of misspend
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Funds allocated for social projects would end up lining the pockets of the older generation or were misspent.
This week, sources familiar with the negotiations said China pledged to the Global Fund that it would repay any funds that were misspent.
An audit found that millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security antiterrorism grants sent to Indiana were misspent or invested in equipment that was not used or not used as intended.
Additional project managers and accountants were recently hired on a contract basis to perform a more intensive review to ensure that no state funds were misspent by Bridgeport, said Rita Zangari, deputy commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development.
California State Auditor Elaine Howle reported Tuesday that investigations by her office have found that hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars were misspent last year.
That report showed how political skullduggery, incompetence, and waste bedeviled both NGOs and Greece's government; seven out of ten euros were misspent.
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Most of that is misspent.
Concerns about corporate monies being misspent are gradually reducing too.
And there is some evidence that money was misspent.
Some women were being sued by stepchildren who felt money was being misspent.
That meant more than $200 million in taxpayer money he thought had been misspent.
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