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

"It was wrong to misappropriate and disseminate Coinbase's property."

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2023

We must not throw away or misappropriate her forces destined to the corporeal architecture of man, by tasks that belong properly to an after-time.

From Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life by Reade, Alfred Arthur