misappropriate v : 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" [syn: embezzle, defalcate, peculate, malversate]

English

Verb

1. To use something wrongly, or illegally
2. To embezzle

abuse, befoul, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate, divert, embezzle, expropriate, filch, foul, maladminister, misapply, misemploy, mishandle, mismanage, misuse, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pocket, pollute, profane, prostitute, steal, violate