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What does misappropriate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word misappropriate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
  2. (transitive) To embezzle.
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Gazprom says it cannot simply store gas in Ukraine for fear that Kiev will misappropriate it.
Breaking news goes from being unknown to widely known so quickly that there is no longer any chance to misappropriate its value.
The information consists of data that is not readily available to anyone who tries to misappropriate cheques mailed to customers.
In France, a single person, a financial trader managed to misappropriate billions of dollars.
I asked her if it would not be very easy for him to misappropriate a scudo now and then.
And then you have another Ray, alleged to have double-dipped on his travel expenses, in charge of organisations which, uh, misappropriate funds, spend them unwisely or badly.

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