Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
Usage example: archaeologists once freely appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient African sites for their museums in Europe
Misappropriate is a synonym for appropriate in steal topic. In some cases you can use "Misappropriate" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Misappropriate
Misappropriate verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.
Usage example: a financial manager misappropriating funds from her clients' accounts
Appropriate is a synonym for misappropriate in steal topic. You can use "Appropriate" instead the word "Misappropriate" as a verb or an adjective.
Nearby Words: misappropriation, misappropriating
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pinch and appropriate
- pinch and misappropriate
- seize and appropriate
- seize and misappropriate
- take and appropriate
- take and misappropriate
- filch and appropriate
- filch and misappropriate
- steal and appropriate
- steal and misappropriate
- pilfer and appropriate
- pilfer and misappropriate
- purloin and appropriate
- purloin and misappropriate
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