misappropriated

1. 1.

   taken for your own use in violation of a trust

   “the banker absconded with embezzled funds”

   Synonymsembezzled

   Similarillegal

Questions about misappropriated

What does misappropriated mean?

misappropriated means "taken for your own use in violation of a trust".

How many syllables are in misappropriated?

misappropriated has 6 syllables: mis-ap-pro-pri-a-ted. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌmɪsəˈpɹoʊpɹiˌeɪtɪd/.

What is another word for misappropriated?

Close synonyms include embezzled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.