misallocate means to allocate incorrectly or inappropriately. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From mis- + allocate.
verb
- To allocate incorrectly or inappropriately.“After a two-year investigation by the city’s Department of Investigation, the two men admitted their roles in stealing or misallocating nearly $1.2 million, including an $875,000 payment to a radio network, Air America, that had been concealed from the charity’s board of directors.”