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Misappropriate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Misappropriate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
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"

2

To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
steal
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fiddle
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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