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Misappropriate

To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

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Manner of action 1

Fiddle 76% connected

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

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Rip 76% connected

A wicker fish basket.

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Steal 76% connected

A handle; a stale, or stele.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Misapplication 74% connected

A wrong application.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Misapplication 74% connected

A wrong application.

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Synonym 3

Defalcate 92% connected

To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Embezzle 92% connected

To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezz…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peculate 92% connected

To appropriate to one's own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one's care; to embezzle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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