How to Use misappropriate in a Sentence

misappropriate

verb

• They accused him of misappropriating town funds.
• By email, Gluck’s lawyer said that his client had no involvement in misappropriating funds from the school district and looks forward to clearing his name in court.
  — Sarah Schweitzer, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2019
• The charges, handed down last week, allege a scheme to misappropriate billions of dollars in investor funds and deposits by Bankman-Fried, 30.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2022
• The beat-down in the Philippines was far from the only time he was accused of misappropriating other people’s money.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
• Kurchenko was sanctioned in 2015 for his role in misappropriating state assets of Ukraine.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
• The letter was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which put the amount of misappropriated money at more than $46 million.
  — chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• The news release did not say how much money was allegedly misappropriated and how it was spent.
  — Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• This is what this lawsuit boils down to: did Uber steal, or misappropriate, eight specific trade secrets?
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2018
• This isn’t the first time that Epic Games has brazenly misappropriated the likeness of African-American talent.
  — Nick Statt, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2018
• The idea that anyone misappropriates it to make coronavirus seem like an Asian plot is terrible.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2020
• Sivero sued in 2014 and claimed that the Simpsons character of Louie misappropriated his likeness.
  — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2018
• Having his photo misappropriated in a meme should still be following him like a black cloud.
  — Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2019
• This isn’t the first time Gerard has faced backlash for misappropriating Asian cuisine.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
• The assistant might then interpret the request as a demand to misappropriate a dose, Vian explained.
  — Laura J. Nelson, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2020
• Currently in the process of forming his government, Dr. Mahathir has pledged to work to get misappropriated money back for Malaysia.
  — Bradley Hope, WSJ, 12 May 2018
• For Waymo, showing that what Uber acquired was indeed a trade secret and that it was misappropriated wasn't a slam dunk, which may be why the case ultimately settled.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2018
• Her brother, Jim Mulvahill, who lost his law license in 2005 for misappropriating client funds, also works for the company.
  — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 10 July 2019
• Bret Saxon and his companies have been sued multiple times by investors and others who accused him of fraud and misappropriating funds from film projects.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Then news came that hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial aid had been misappropriated.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• The aid scandal came to light when an anonymous post on the website Medium alleged that school workers had misappropriated almost a million dollars of aid money.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
• Sanchez-Macias resigned less than a month later amid public allegations by a trustee who accused the two men of misappropriating funds.
  — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 June 2018
• The hope is that the money can’t be siphoned off by corrupt politicians or be misappropriated and given to the families of terrorists – a tactic used openly by the Palestinians.
  — Fox News, 31 July 2019
• Realizing this, Aram hacks into the GreyLock system and destroys the main source code, ensuring that no one will ever misappropriate his work again.
  — Laura Sirikul, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2022
• Alvarez & Marsal replaced Tilton in 2016, and has said her position allowed her to misappropriate assets.
  — Bloomberg.com, 1 May 2018
• During one pointed moment, Griffin asked him about misappropriating funds from his former law firm, for which he was forced out of the company in September 2021.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
• As mentioned during the Netflix series, Alex had been caught by his own law firm — a company his great-grandfather had started — misappropriating money from the firm's clients, and was forced to resign.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 26 Feb. 2023
• Hawkins got into trouble with the Bar after mishandling a case and ended up pleading no contest to misappropriating money from a client’s account.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 July 2018
• The Iron Front symbol is clearly different than a national symbol like the American flag, that some have tried to argue has been misappropriated by certain groups.
  — oregonlive.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Cuyahoga County prosecutors say the financial moves were part of a years-long scheme in which Kingsbury misappropriated more than $1.1 million of her clients’ money.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland.com, 30 June 2019
• Blevins' alleged accomplice, Nunez, still faces a single count of misappropriating ID information as party to a crime, is scheduled for a trial on the charge July 31.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024