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MISAPPROPRIATED
embezzled, misappropriated
(adjective) taken for your own use in violation of a trust; “the banker absconded with embezzled funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
misappropriated
simple past tense and past participle of misappropriate
Source: Wiktionary
MISAPPROPRIATE
Mis`ap*pro"pri*ate, v. t.
Definition: To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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