misappropriate

Word family verbmisappropriatenounmisappropriation

Related topics: Crime

mis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt $ -ˈproʊ-/ verb [transitiveT]

formalSCC to dishonestly take something that someone has trusted you with, especially money or goods that belong to your employer 侵吞，私占；挪用，盗用 SYN embezzle, → appropriate

He claimed the finance manager had misappropriated company funds.

他声称财务经理挪用了公司资金。

—misappropriation /ˌmɪsəprəʊpriˈeɪʃən $ -proʊ-/ noun [uncountableU]

the misappropriation of public funds

挪用公共资金

Examples from the Corpus

misappropriate• During the trial, Raabe admitted that he misappropriated $80,000 of church funds.• In its narrowly defined sense the responsibility of stewardship is to demonstrate that those assets have not been misappropriated.• The administrators are alleging that the company's money was misappropriated and paid away for no benefit to the company.• Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use.• Kadyrov himself has been accused of misappropriating funds from the republic's budget.• This Timothy McVeigh seems to be one of this breed, even in his misappropriating of Jefferson's words.• An abortive attempt was made by Aprista newspapers to prove that the university had misappropriated public funds.• One professor had misappropriated research funds.• The Archdiocese of San Francisco filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Greenlaw misappropriated up to $ 250,000 from the church.

From Longman Business Dictionary

misappropriatemis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt-ˈproʊ-/ verb [transitiveT]LAW

to dishonestly take something, especially money, that you have been trusted to keep safe, and to use it for your own advantage

He was accused of misappropriating funds amounting to £4 million.

Building materials had been misappropriated for private use.

—misappropriation noun [uncountableU]

allegations of gross misappropriation of funds

单词	misappropriate
释义	misappropriate Word family verbmisappropriatenounmisappropriation Related topics: Crime mis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt $ -ˈproʊ-/ verb [transitiveT] formalSCC to dishonestly take something that someone has trusted you with, especially money or goods that belong to your employer 侵吞，私占；挪用，盗用 SYN embezzle, → appropriate He claimed the finance manager had misappropriated company funds. 他声称财务经理挪用了公司资金。 —misappropriation /ˌmɪsəprəʊpriˈeɪʃən $ -proʊ-/ noun [uncountableU] the misappropriation of public funds 挪用公共资金 Examples from the Corpus misappropriate• During the trial, Raabe admitted that he misappropriated $80,000 of church funds.• In its narrowly defined sense the responsibility of stewardship is to demonstrate that those assets have not been misappropriated.• The administrators are alleging that the company's money was misappropriated and paid away for no benefit to the company.• Last year the council called in the police to investigate claims that council-owned building materials had been allegedly misappropriated for private use.• Kadyrov himself has been accused of misappropriating funds from the republic's budget.• This Timothy McVeigh seems to be one of this breed, even in his misappropriating of Jefferson's words.• An abortive attempt was made by Aprista newspapers to prove that the university had misappropriated public funds.• One professor had misappropriated research funds.• The Archdiocese of San Francisco filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Greenlaw misappropriated up to $ 250,000 from the church. From Longman Business Dictionary misappropriatemis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt-ˈproʊ-/ verb [transitiveT]LAW to dishonestly take something, especially money, that you have been trusted to keep safe, and to use it for your own advantage He was accused of misappropriating funds amounting to £4 million. Building materials had been misappropriated for private use. —misappropriation noun [uncountableU] allegations of gross misappropriation of funds
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