If someone misappropriates money which does not belong to them, they take it without permission and use it for their own purposes.
例句
I took no money for personal use and have not misappropriated any funds whatsoever...我没有把钱款挪为己用，也没有挪用任何资金。A total of $500 million is alleged to have been misappropriated.据称总共有5亿美元被挪用。
英汉词典释义
vt.
不正确地使用;挪用,侵吞(他人的钱等)
misappropriating the theories of social science不正确地使用社会科学的理论
英英词典释义
Verb
1. appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;
"The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars while working for the wealthy family"