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- noun Plural form of
misappropriation .
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Examples
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The auditor earlier this month said it found billions of dollars worth of infractions and misappropriations by local-government financing vehicles.
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They are being investigated for this and for misappropriations of many millions of dollars meant for animal welfare after the hurricanes in New Orleans.
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The cases show that drug misappropriations are well-organized and predominantly planned by insiders using falsified documents, one of the reports said.
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It has grown through crooked contracts, hidden earmarks and legislation, unreported bribes, shell company campaign "bundling," misappropriations, influence peddling, unregulated corporate dollars, political slush funds, and conflicts-of-interest too numerous to count.
Max Skolnik: Grandma's Hands: Real Ethics Reform in DC Max Skolnik 2011
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Such as the whopper of public misappropriations called the Round at Beaverton.
Beaverton playing hardball for Paulson (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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They are being investigated for this and for misappropriations of many millions of dollars meant for animal welfare after the hurricanes in New Orleans.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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They are being investigated for this and for misappropriations of many millions of dollars meant for animal welfare after the hurricanes in New Orleans.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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They are being investigated for this and for misappropriations of many millions of dollars meant for animal welfare after the hurricanes in New Orleans.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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They are being investigated for this and for misappropriations of many millions of dollars meant for animal welfare after the hurricanes in New Orleans.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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It has grown through crooked contracts, hidden earmarks and legislation, unreported bribes, shell company campaign "bundling," misappropriations, influence peddling, unregulated corporate dollars, political slush funds, and conflicts-of-interest too numerous to count.
Max Skolnik: Grandma's Hands: Real Ethics Reform in DC Max Skolnik 2011
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