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
In early August, Azotam began to illegally convert and misappropriate the Knicks’ confidential and proprietary data, the lawsuit said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 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
A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed Rio Tinto's lawsuit accusing rival Vale and others of conspiring to misappropriate its mining rights in the Simandou region in Guinea.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2015
Guardians thus misappropriate the funds of their wards.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
But beneath the pamphlets of patients living out their days in comfort lies an uglier reality: a cottage industry that frequently misappropriates taxpayer dollars in the name of profit.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2023
The privacy policy of a website outlines the details of what kind of data that website collects, but it does not offer any real recourse if the website misappropriates the data.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Jun. 26, 2018
The government is not in charge of the church, and the church is not in charge of the government - no matter how badly either misappropriates law or Scripture.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2018
Conflating diversity with a box-ticking or virtue-signalling exercise misappropriates its true meaning, which, if done properly by genuinely diverse decision-makers, is always about excellence.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2018
"That sort of uncle is a monster; he misappropriates existence."
From The Magic Skin by Ellen Marriage
By late 2024, Regan had misappropriated at least $50 million of the $63 million he raised, the SEC alleged when it filed civil fraud charges against him in September 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“I would have to say our investment in FTX,” Loeb replied, referring to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency brokerage, which collapsed in 2022 after customer funds were found to be misappropriated.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Revolution alleged that a third party had misappropriated its trade secrets for an ERAS-0015 patent and that Erasca, as the licensee, was legally liable.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
US Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York, where the case will proceed, added that prediction markets "are not a haven for using misappropriated confidential or classified information for personal gain".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
“If you think you have any right to pry into her private affairs I’ll tell her you believe those checks are being misappropriated and you want an audit because you dont trust her.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
In 1986, Bycel took on the role of dean for the Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law, helping steer the ship after the former dean was accused of misappropriating funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
LA Jazz Festival was a major project for Ludlow, a former Los Angeles City Council member turned music promoter and community activist after pleading guilty to misappropriating funds in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In his lawsuit, Musk accuses OpenAI of betraying its original nonprofit mission and misappropriating his founding donations totalling $38 million to build an empire valued at over $850 billion.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Last September, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Lopez and his partners, accusing them of running a Ponzi scheme, misleading investors and misappropriating $16.1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
At last, ashamed of thus misappropriating Casaubon’s stores of learning, they set him upon a refutation of the Annals of Baronius, then in the full tide of its credit and success.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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