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.

Is misappropriated a common word?

misappropriated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with misappropriated?

40 words rhyme with misappropriated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.