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misappropriate

verb as in use wrongly; steal

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Immigration laws can and should be enforced through lawful means, without abusing emergency powers, misappropriating wartime authorities, or trying to skirt the Posse Comitatus Act.

From Salon

Several other members of his Taiwan People Party have also been charged for misappropriating political donations.

From BBC

Of that prosecutors say $27 billion was misappropriated, and $12 billion was judged to have been embezzled, the most serious financial crime for which she was sentenced to death.

From BBC

The firm misappropriated over $11 billion of funds that belonged to customers, investors and lenders, The Associated Press reported.

From Salon

When he tried to disclose the fraud, which amounted to about $4 million, to the city controller’s office, he was instructed by his supervisor to state that only $300,000 was misappropriated, the lawsuit said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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