rip off vs misappropriate

misappropriate vs rip off

rip off and misappropriate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rip off	No	No	Yes	No
misappropriate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, misappropriate is a hyponym of rip off; that is, misappropriate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rip off:

rip off: take without the owner's consent
misappropriate: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

Other hyponyms of rip off include abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, lift, rustle, shoplift, pirate, lift, plagiarise, plagiarize, bag, pocket, defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate, rob, cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve, walk off, hustle, pluck, roll, loot, plunder, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist.

rip off (verb)	misappropriate (verb)
remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
take without the owner's consent
deprive somebody of something by deceit

Difference between rip off and misappropriate

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