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

It said that the sellers who call themselves the custodians of the gems do not have the right to "alienate or misappropriate the asset", which it calls an "extraordinary heritage of humanity".

From BBC • May 6, 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

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

Those who solicit contributions without authority of the government and misappropriate the public funds. 3d.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat