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What does misappropriate mean?

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  1. (transitive) To take something for wrong or illegal purposes.
  2. (transitive) To embezzle.
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By the same token, outsiders have a duty not to misappropriate such information.
In France, a single person, a financial trader managed to misappropriate billions of dollars.
Breaking news goes from being unknown to widely known so quickly that there is no longer any chance to misappropriate its value.
In this way, the officials allegedly find an opportunity to misappropriate public funds by preparing bogus muster rolls.
The idea seems to have been prompted by the regulator's belief that domestic brokers are a corrupt bunch who misappropriate their clients' money.
Am I willing to be a thief and misappropriate their physical, mental and moral heritage?

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