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# misappropriation

«misappropriation» in Mova's school dictionary: **taking money or property that was trusted to you and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (misappropriation — uncountable); verb: misappropriate

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Misappropriation is taking money or property that was trusted to you and using it wrongly for yourself; it is a kind of stealing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news, law and the stiff formal voice, for example when a club treasurer spends the club's money on themselves. Phrases: «misappropriation of funds».

### examples

- The treasurer was charged with misappropriation of funds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#x1)
- Misappropriation of the charity's money is a crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#x2)
- An audit found misappropriation of 5,000 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#x3)
- The manager denied any misappropriation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#x4)
- Spending the class fund on your own sweets would be misappropriation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#x5)
- Of 900 dollars raised, 200 was misappropriated; how much was used properly? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/#x6)

### note

Very formal; in speech say «stealing» or «misusing money». Breakdown: mis- (wrongly) + appropriate (take for yourself) + -ion. Maths: amount used properly = total − amount misappropriated.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misappropriation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misappropriation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.