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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

Kenyan academic Karuti Kanyinga agrees that the social media content feeds into a desire for accountable leaders who can change Africa, do not misappropriate resources and try to uplift people from poverty.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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

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

From Reuters ● Feb. 7, 2023

It is unconscionable that Khalid should misappropriate Party funds.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

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

“If A.B. has evidence that Suzette stole or misappropriated anything, he should present it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Despite our finding that the money was misappropriated, we find insufficient evidence to charge anyone criminally,” the grand jury wrote.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

According to Musk, the company pivoted to a for-profit structure and misappropriated his $38 million founding donation to build a company now valued at more than $850 billion.

From Barron's ● May 5, 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

On Wednesday, Justice announced charges against four people in the L.A. area with misappropriating homeless funds for personal expenses, including PlayStation charges, luxury vacations, vintage car restorations, real estate and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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

Amy Knox, the former chief operating officer of Harm Reduction-SD, was charged with three felony counts of misappropriating public money and three felony counts of embezzlement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

Desurmont’s family sued Puech in an effort to recover the money, and later sued Freymond for misappropriating assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

He pictures to us a father who, by misappropriating trust funds, brings disgrace to the whole of his family.

From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Chapman Cohen