"misappropriate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹəʊ.pɹɪ.eɪt/ [UK], /ˌmɪs.əˈpɹoʊ.pɹi.eɪt/ [US] Forms: misappropriates [present, singular, third-person], misappropriating [participle, present], misappropriated [participle, past], misappropriated [past]
Etymology: mis- + appropriate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|appropriate}} mis- + appropriate Head templates: {{en-verb}} misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)
  1. (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes. Tags: transitive Synonyms (take for wrong purposes): misuse
    Sense id: en-misappropriate-en-verb-P~p43a8n Disambiguation of 'take for wrong purposes': 83 17
  2. (transitive) To embezzle. Tags: transitive Synonyms (embezzle): defalcate, embezzle, peculate Translations (to use something wrongly, or illegally): злоупотребявам (zloupotrebjavam) (Bulgarian), zpronevěřovat (Czech), zpronevěřit [perfective] (Czech), sprzeniewierzyć (Polish), sprzeniewierzać [imperfective] (Polish), poneveriti [perfective] (Slovene), poneverjati [imperfective] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-misappropriate-en-verb-VD59YvXF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'embezzle': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'to use something wrongly, or illegally': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misappropriation

Inflected forms

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      "word": "злоупотребявам"
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    }
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