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
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
Not early accustomed to them, they misappropriate, perhaps, the best rooms in the house, and pay little attention to the purposes for which the owner designed them, or to the manner of using them.
From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen
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 man who misappropriates what is deposited with him in trustfulness has to undergo a hundred transformations.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
“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
Prosecutors say he and his co-conspirators misappropriated most of the more than $60 million he raised from over 300 investors.
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
“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
"Well, let it pass this time, Verny, and we'll promise never to be guilty of misappropriating the truth again," said Joan.
From Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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