misappropriate in the PONS Dictionary

misappropriate Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to misappropriate funds
to misappropriate funds
to embezzle [or misappropriate], funds

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Although he won the original lawsuit, it was discovered he misappropriated the bail bond funds and therefore was charged for embezzlement.
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It was discovered that officers had been selling membership cards, misappropriating funds and neglecting their duties.
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He exposed student officials who misappropriated student fees to buy champagne, lobsters, and cigars.
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The event has been mired in controversy and was alleged to have misappropriated funds originally meant for the charity.
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He was formally accused of misappropriating official documents, indicted, tried, and convicted, and fled into exile, where he died.
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The commission found him to have misappropriated monies in several municipalities.
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The allegations include new charges of misappropriating public funds, conflict of interest, falsifying public documents and secreting of public documents.
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He was sentenced for fourteen years for misappropriating 15,000 from a trust fund.
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This legal instrument had been created for cases in which the members feared e.g. that the advisory board had misappropriated club money.
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Major part of the revenue was misappropriated by the fief-holders for personal use.
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