Translations for „misappropriate“ in the English » German Dictionary

mis·ap·pro·pri·ate [ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt, Am -ˈproʊ-] VB trans

to misappropriate funds/money/sb's savings

Kapital/Geld/jds Ersparnisse veruntreuen

misappropriate VB trans INV-FIN

Specialized Vocabulary

misappropriate

veruntreuen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to misappropriate funds/money/sb's savings

Kapital/Geld/jds Ersparnisse veruntreuen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He was sentenced for fourteen years for misappropriating 15,000 from a trust fund.

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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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Major part of the revenue was misappropriated by the fief-holders for personal use.

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He promised aid while threatening any official who misappropriated the aid with prosecution.

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One journalist wrote he was a conceited, peculiar man, who made many enemies and misappropriated much of the public funds.

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He was accused of lechery and misappropriating church funds.

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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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The event has been mired in controversy and was alleged to have misappropriated funds originally meant for the charity.

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However, the budget for the project was misappropriated, and the project ran out of money before the old building could be re-purposed.

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In 1931, after an investigation, the corporation's license to sell stock was suspended on the grounds that stockholders' money was being misappropriated.

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