misappropriate

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The most famous case involved the Gupta brothers—Ajay, Atul and Rajesh—who were accused of using ties to the ANC to engage in corruption and bribery to misappropriate state assets, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

There also are fears that the technology will steal jobs and that unethical players will misappropriate the intellectual property of companies, artists and ordinary people in the commercialization of their generative A.I. tools.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Earlier this week, a Singapore court handed out prison sentences to two former Wirecard Asia Holdings employees for conspiring to misappropriate money.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023

In February, Schrock and McManus pleaded guilty to conspiracy to misappropriate public funds.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

He is seeking to misappropriate to himself the good that your own physicians have accomplished.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler