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misappropriate collapse

mismanage collapse: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

embezzle collapse: 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"

pilfer collapse: make off with belongings of others

desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

misapply collapse: apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

mishandle collapse

befoul collapse

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

divert collapse: send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one; withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

pollute collapse: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

profane collapse: not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

debase collapse: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

steal collapse: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch); steal a base; move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"; take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

pervert collapse: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

violate collapse: destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"; fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"

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