| 词汇 | misappropriate |
| 释义 | misappropriate verb[ T ] formaluk /ˌmɪs.əˈprəʊ.pri.eɪt/ us /ˌmɪs.əˈproʊ.pri.eɪt/ to steal something that you have been trusted to take care of and use it for your own good: 挪用;盗用;侵吞;私占 He is accused of misappropriating $30,000 to pay off gambling debts.他被控挪用了3万美元去偿付赌债。 Synonym embezzle Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job plunder poach poaching porch piracy purloin rustle rustling snaffle snitch Related wordmisappropriation misappropriate | American Dictionarymisappropriate verb[ T ] us/ˌmɪs·əˈproʊ·priˌeɪt/ to steal something that you have been trusted to manage and use it for your own benefit: He misappropriated $30,000 to pay for personal travel. misappropriate | Business Englishmisappropriate verb[ T ] FINANCE, ACCOUNTING formaluk /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprieɪt/us to steal something that you have been asked to take care of, and use it for yourself: The court found that he had misappropriated €50,000 intended for investment on behalf of a customer. misappropriate funds/money/propertyShe lied to investors and misappropriated taxpayer funds. Examples of misappropriatemisappropriate The word has been appropriated - or misappropriated, as some might say - by people in search of technical terms for specific concepts. In more recent years, donor fatigue and reports of misappropriated food have led to crises in the camps, requiring frequent stopgap measures. Information on bank accounts and credit card numbers can be misappropriated: money can be transferred out of the user's account or used to purchase goods and services. A voluntary scheme will not cover the majority of tenants' deposits, let alone the minority of unprofessional landlords who misappropriate tenants' deposits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In no case must such taxes and levies be misappropriated and spent on other areas than the environment. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is necessary to check quickly and efficiently whether vehicles presented to them for registration have been stolen, misappropriated or lost. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In 1995, we carried out a detailed investigation, which concluded that we had no evidence that any money had been misappropriated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The out-and-out criminals misappropriate service charges and sinking funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of these 1,437, 287 were irregularly occupied, misappropriated, or under repair; this total is being reduced as rapidly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that we were violating them, and were trying to misappropriate the light of the sun. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Directors cannot, for example, appropriate, or misappropriate, corporate opportunities, and there are statutory responsibilities relating to financial matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the misappropriated stores have been recovered, and the value of what has been lost is not £3,000, but about £350. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Money is taken which should have belonged to somebody else and is nefariously misappropriated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does existing legislation allow sufficient control to avoid funds falling into the wrong hands or being misappropriated in any way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps even more worryingly, retrospective legislation may replace money that has been misappropriated, misspent or otherwise wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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