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...我沒有把錢款挪為己用，也沒有挪用任何資金。A total of $500 million is alleged to have been misappropriated.據稱總共有5億美元被挪用。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
不正確地使用;挪用,侵吞(他人的錢等)
misappropriating the theories of social science不正確地使用社會科學的理論
英英詞典釋義
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"