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misappropriates

misappropriates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misappropriate.

Meaning of misappropriate

Verb

misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)

  1. (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
    Synonyms:
    misuse
  2. (transitive) To embezzle.
    • The accountant was found to have misappropriated funds over a period of three years.

Questions about misappropriates

What is misappropriates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misappropriates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misappropriate.

Words near misappropriates in the dictionary

  1. misapprehensively
  2. misapprehensiveness
  3. misappropriate
  4. misappropriated
  5. misappropriately
  6. misappropriates
  7. misappropriating
  8. misappropriation
  9. misappropriations
  10. misappropriator
  11. misappropriators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misappropriates (page history and authors); misappropriate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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