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APPROPRIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
Example:
a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("appropriation" is a kind of...):
acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appropriation"):
adoption; borrowing (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source)
pre-emption; preemption (a prior appropriation of something)
seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)
requisition; sequestration (seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Incorporation by joining or uniting
Synonyms:
annexation; appropriation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("appropriation" is a kind of...):
incorporation (including by incorporating)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("appropriation" is a kind of...):
money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)
Domain category:
general assembly; law-makers; legislative assembly; legislative body; legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appropriation"):
pork; pork barrel (a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents)
