embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
(verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use; “The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
misappropriate (third-person singular simple present misappropriates, present participle misappropriating, simple past and past participle misappropriated)
(transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
(transitive) To embezzle.
• (take for wrong purposes): misuse
• (embezzle): defalcate, embezzle, peculate
Source: Wiktionary
Mis`ap*pro"pri*ate, v. t.
Definition: To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 January 2025
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.