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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

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

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged Mr. Bankman-Fried with overseeing a scheme to misappropriate billions of dollars in customer deposits at FTX.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023

"Which means," Martin commented, cynically, to his sister, "that I am not likely to misappropriate the funds, or go blabbing to our Charge d'Affaires here."

From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad

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

“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

“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

They allege the remaining $1.7 billion was misappropriated by Raja.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 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

“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 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

Department of Justice on Thursday charged two real estate executives with defrauding California’s Homekey program, allegedly misappropriating millions meant for homeless housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025

Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against two real estate executives accused, in two unrelated cases, of misappropriating millions of dollars in state funds allocated to combat homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

The nominal charge against him was of misappropriating funds while a prior; but that was merely a matter of form.

From A Wanderer in Florence by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas