misappropriate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- malversation derivation
- misappropriation derivation
- embezzler derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | malversation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misappropriation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | embezzler |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | steal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fiddle |