appropriates
Claims for oneself
Appropriates is the verb form of appropriate, meaning to take something for one's own use, often without permission or right.
A government appropriates funds by allocating money for specific purposes: Congress appropriates billions for defense.
Someone appropriates another's ideas by claiming them as their own.
Cultural appropriation—adopting elements from another culture, especially by dominant groups—has made this sense increasingly common: Critics say the fashion industry appropriates indigenous designs.
Takes property by authority
- expropriatesTakes property by authority
- commandeersTakes control authoritatively
- usurpsSeizes authority illegally
- annexesAttaches or absorbs
requisitions · takes over · claims · arrogates · assumes · co-opts · captures · preempts
Wrongly uses another's assets
Planned expense limits
- distributesApportions to multiple parties
- allotsDistributes by portions
- assignsDesignates for a purpose
- earmarksDesignates for specific use
apportions · designates · reserves · dedicates · sets aside · divvies · rations · dispenses
Takes as one's own
- co-optsAbsorbs into one's system
- takesCaptures or acquires
- liftsRaises or carries upward
- copiesMakes identical versions
incorporates · absorbs · assimilates · repurposes · recontextualizes · samples · remixes · cribs
Plan for spending
- grantBestow or award money
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- treasuryStored organizational funds
fiscal · taxpayer · sponsorship · funds · allocation · expenditure · legislation · committee
confiscates
Takes property by authority
- expropriatesTakes property by authority
- commandeersTakes control authoritatively
- usurpsSeizes authority illegally
annexes · requisitions · takes over · claims · arrogates · assumes · co-opts · captures · preempts · wrests
misappropriates
Wrongly uses another's assets
- embezzlesFraudulently takes entrusted money
- stealsTakes illegally, or bargains
- pilfersSteals petty amounts
siphons · diverts · defrauds · skims · pockets · filches · purloins
budgets
Planned expense limits
- distributesApportions to multiple parties
- allotsDistributes by portions
- assignsDesignates for a purpose
earmarks · apportions · designates · reserves · dedicates · sets aside · divvies · rations · dispenses · parcels
adopts
Takes as one's own
copies · incorporates · absorbs · assimilates · repurposes · recontextualizes · samples · remixes · cribs · poaches
budget
Plan for spending
- grantBestow or award money
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
treasury · fiscal · taxpayer · sponsorship · funds · allocation · expenditure · legislation · committee · discretionary
appropriatesgives
Transfers possession freely
bestows · donates · grants · contributes · shares
appropriatesrelinquishes
Voluntarily gives up control
surrenders · abandons · renounces · forfeits · yields
appropriatesreturns
Profits from investments
restores · gives back · repays · reimburses · compensates
- 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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