Usually means: Using something wrongly or dishonestly.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word misappropriating:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. misappropriating: Merriam-Webster
  2. misappropriating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misappropriating: Vocabulary.com
  4. misappropriating: Wordnik
  5. misappropriating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misappropriating: Wiktionary
  7. misappropriating: Dictionary.com
  8. misappropriating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. misappropriating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. misappropriating: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. misappropriating: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misappropriate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misappropriate)

verb:  (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
verb:  (transitive) To embezzle.
▸ Also see misappropriate


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