appropriated
Claimed for oneself
Appropriated is the past tense of appropriate, meaning to take something for one's own use, often without permission or right.
Governments appropriate funds by allocating them: Congress appropriated $50 million for the project.
In cultural contexts, to appropriate is to adopt elements from another culture, sometimes controversially: Critics argued the fashion line appropriated Indigenous designs.
The word can suggest both legitimate allocation and unauthorized taking.
Took suddenly, forcefully
- co-optedAbsorbed and neutralized
- commandeeredSeized for official use
- arrogatedClaimed without justification
- claimedStated as fact
assumed · encroached · preempted · supplanted · wrested · grabbed · hijacked
Seized by authority
- impoundedSeized by legal authority
- commandeeredSeized for official use
- requisitionedFormally demanded for use
- annexedIncorporated into one's domain
garnished · levied · taken · captured · occupied · withheld · frozen · forfeited
Taken for temporary use
- co-optedAbsorbed and neutralized
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- commodifiedTurned into tradeable goods
- tokenizedSplit into meaningful units
exoticized · assimilated · adopted · fetishized · recontextualized · indigenized · reclaimed · decontextualized
Designated for distribution
- earmarkedDesignated for specific use
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
- budgetedAllocated funds systematically
- allottedDistributed as shares
apportioned · disbursed · assigned · funded · reserved · set-aside · authorized · sanctioned
seized
Took suddenly, forcefully
- co-optedAbsorbed and neutralized
- commandeeredSeized for official use
- arrogatedClaimed without justification
claimed · assumed · encroached · preempted · supplanted · wrested · grabbed · hijacked
confiscated
Seized by authority
- impoundedSeized by legal authority
- commandeeredSeized for official use
- requisitionedFormally demanded for use
annexed · garnished · levied · taken · captured · occupied · withheld · frozen · forfeited · repossessed
borrowed
Taken for temporary use
- co-optedAbsorbed and neutralized
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- commodifiedTurned into tradeable goods
tokenized · exoticized · assimilated · adopted · fetishized · recontextualized · indigenized · reclaimed · decontextualized · stereotyped
allocated
Designated for distribution
- earmarkedDesignated for specific use
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
- budgetedAllocated funds systematically
allotted · apportioned · disbursed · assigned · funded · reserved · set-aside · authorized · sanctioned · legislated
embezzled
Stole entrusted money
looted · swindled · pocketed · diverted · siphoned · skimmed · defrauded · converted · absconded
- Already Takentaken, claimed, reserved, booked, occupied
- funding statusfunded, unfunded, underfunded, overfunded, self-funded
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, parliamentary
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
appropriatedrelinquished
Gave up possession of
surrendered · returned · restored · gave away · donated
appropriatedrefused
Declined to accept
rejected · declined · spurned · turned down · renounced
appropriatedunappropriated
Not set aside
unallocated · unassigned · undesignated · uncommitted · unreserved
- cultural appropriationMisusing another group's traditions
- age appropriateFitting for one's maturity
- appropriations billLegislation authorizing government expenditures
- age-appropriate contentMedia matching viewer maturity
- culturally appropriatingAdopting elements from marginalized groups
- culturally appropriatedAdopted from another culture insensitively
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