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A former law enforcement official said the NYPD alerted the Department of Investigation, the city’s anti-corruption agency, to the misappropriation allegation, and in separate communications to the two other claims about Mullins.

It’s an extraordinary request and it makes sense that Orrick would need to see more certain evidence of misappropriation.

In addition to forcing him out of the company he founded, Kairos sued Brackeen, alleging the misappropriation of corporate funds and misleading shareholders.

Our action today returns to drivers the tens of millions of dollars in tips that Amazon misappropriated, and requires Amazon to get drivers’ permission before changing its treatment of tips in the future.

It also criticizes Google for “misappropriating” content from third parties and favoring its own vertical content in search results.

In 2007, Burkle sued Follieri, the former boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway, for misappropriation of funds.

The funds ought to be applied to the general good; and if they're only spent on a few, I call it misappropriation of a trust.

But no one has ever proposed to punish or restrain this sort of misappropriation by law.

Perhaps it was the check for the misappropriation of which he afterward found his way to the convict lines of Malacca.

And then came the news that Uncle Fred had been dismissed, all on account of drink and gambling and misappropriation of funds.

The Penal Code simply makes dishonest misappropriation a crime in itself.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to misappropriation, such as: desecration, exploitation, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, and misuse.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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