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English noun: appropriation | |||
| 1. | appropriation (possession) money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | money | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pork, pork barrel | ||
| Domain category | general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature | ||
| 2. | appropriation (act) incorporation by joining or uniting | ||
| Synonyms | annexation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incorporation | ||
| 3. | appropriation (act) a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner | ||
| Samples | The necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit. A person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquiring, getting | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adoption, borrowing, pre-emption, preemption, requisition, seizure, sequestration | ||
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