misspend

Example Sentences

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Favre said in October that he did nothing wrong and had been “ unjustly smeared ” in news coverage of the welfare misspending.

From Seattle Times

The Mississippi Department of Human Services last year filed a civil lawsuit to try to recover the millions of dollars of misspent welfare money.

From Seattle Times

Democratic leaders restored the old practice of earmarks, hometown projects for lawmakers that Congress dropped in 2011 because voters viewed it as a sleazy misspending of taxpayers’ money.

From Seattle Times

Past allegations of misspent donations have created some hesitancy as well, said Badenoch, of Hope for Haiti, though the need following the most recent earthquake may be even more intense.

From Seattle Times

Officials said the government wants to avoid a repeat of massive amounts spent — and misspent — in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.

From Washington Post