misappropriated
past simple and past participle ofmisappropriate
| 单词 | misappropriated |
| 释义 | misappropriated past simple and past participle ofmisappropriate misappropriate verb[T] formaluk/ˌmɪs.əˈprəʊ.pri.eɪt/us/ˌmɪs.əˈproʊ.pri.eɪt/tostealsomething that you have beentrustedto takecareof and use it foryourown good: He isaccusedof misappropriating $30,000 topayoffgamblingdebts. Synonym embezzle Stealing
Examplesofmisappropriatedmisappropriated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The word has been appropriated - ormisappropriated, as some might say - by people in search of technical terms for specific concepts. From theCambridge English Corpus In more recent years, donor fatigue and reports ofmisappropriatedfood have led to crises in the camps, requiring frequent stopgap measures. From theCambridge English Corpus Information on bank accounts and credit card numbers can bemisappropriated: money can be transferred out of the user's account or used to purchase goods and services. From theCambridge English Corpus In no case must such taxes and levies bemisappropriatedand spent on other areas than the environment. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It is necessary to check quickly and efficiently whether vehicles presented to them for registration have been stolen,misappropriatedor lost. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English In 1995, we carried out a detailed investigation, which concluded that we had no evidence that any money had beenmisappropriated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of themisappropriatedstores 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Money is taken which should have belonged to somebody else and is nefariouslymisappropriated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does existing legislation allow sufficient control to avoid funds falling into the wrong hands or beingmisappropriatedin any way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps even more worryingly, retrospective legislation may replace money that has beenmisappropriated, misspent or otherwise wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Allegations that public funds have beenmisappropriatedare the subject of police investigations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us suppose that some of the people involved hadmisappropriatedmoneys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Over $17 million wasmisappropriatedwithout detection by those with responsibility for monitoring the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We spend enough time appointing social security snoopers to discover whether a fiver has beenmisappropriatedby some unfortunate individual living on £40 or £50 per week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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