Definition of "misappropriating" []

• Present participle of misappropriate. (verb)

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• "The day before Schmidt's speech, the Associated Press chairman, Dean Singleton, had charged internet companies with "misappropriating" his organisation's stories, arguing that "we can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories"."
• "Hawkins last month after she confessed to "misappropriating" some of his money and the subsequent investigation allegedly found she had been using the musician's credit and debit cards for herself."
• ""misappropriating" funds from the company as he had taken home all the takings, the float and petty cash on February 25."