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21misapply — /mɪsəˈplaɪ/ (say misuh pluy) verb (t) (misapplied, misapplying) to make a wrong application or use of. –misapplication /mɪsæpləˈkeɪʃən/ (say misapluh kayshuhn), noun …
22misapply — v.tr. ( ies, ied) apply (esp. funds) wrongly. Derivatives: misapplication n …
23wilfully misapply — Not the equivalent of embezzle. As the expression is used in an embezzlement statute making it an offense wilfully to misapply funds, the words have no settled technical meaning, such as the word embezzle has in the statutes or the words steal,… …
24Misapplied — Misapply Mis ap*ply , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misapplied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misapplying}.] To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money. [1913 Webster] …
25Misapplying — Misapply Mis ap*ply , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misapplied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misapplying}.] To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money. [1913 Webster] …
26abuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misuse, misapply; mistreat, injure, damage; malign, scold, berate, vilify, curse; flay. n. injury, desecration; insult. See disapprobation, badness, deception, impurity, wrong.Ant., praise,… …
27misuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misusage, misemploy ment, misapplication, misappropriation; abuse, profanation, perversion, prostitution, ill use, ill usage; desecration; waste. v. t. misemploy, misapply, misappropriate; ill use. II …
28Misuse — Mis*use (m[i^]s*[=u]z ), v. t. [F. m[ e]suser. See {Mis }, prefix from French, and {Use}.] 1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one s talents. South. [1913 Webster] The sweet poison of misused wine.… …
29misappropriate — mis·ap·pro·pri·ate /ˌmi sə prō prē ˌāt/ vt: to appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully (as by theft or embezzlement) mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion / ˌprō prē ā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
30pervert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. apostasize, distort, twist, garble, debase, misrepresent, corrupt, mislead, misinterpret, misstate; equivocate. See distortion, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ruin, vitiate, debase, divert; see …
