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   Ap·pro·pri·ate

   adjective

   • 1. suitable or proper in the circumstances: "a measure appropriate to a wartime economy"

   verb

   • 1. take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission: "his images have been appropriated by advertisers" Similar seizecommandeerexpropriateannexarrogatesequestratesequestertake possession oftake overassumesecureacquirewrestusurpclaimlay claim tohijackstealtakemisappropriatethievepilferpocketpurloinmake off withembezzleinformal:swipenabrip offliftfilchsnafflesnitchbagwalk off/away withliberatepinchnickhalf-inchwhipknock offrare:peculatedefalcateeuphemistic:abstract
   • 2. devote (money or assets) to a special purpose: "there can be problems in appropriating funds for legal expenses" Similar allocateassignallotearmarkset apart/asidedevoteapportionbudget

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. appropriator noun

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