misappropriate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

misappropriate
    v 1: 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"
         [syn: {embezzle}, {defalcate}, {peculate},
         {misappropriate}, {malversate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Misappropriate \Mis`ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t.
   To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "misappropriate":
      abuse, befoul, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate,
      divert, embezzle, expropriate, filch, foul, maladminister,
      misapply, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate,
      pervert, pilfer, pocket, pollute, profane, prostitute, steal,
      violate

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