misappropriate

misappropriate is a 14-letter English word with 2 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

14 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 26 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
2. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate

Synonyms

defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate

Common word forms

misappropriated, misappropriates

Words from these letters

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