appropriation
Claiming without permission
Appropriation is the act of taking something for one's own use.
Governments appropriate funds by setting aside money for specific purposes: The appropriation for defense exceeded last year's budget.
In broader use, appropriation suggests taking without permission or right.
Cultural appropriation refers to adopting elements of another culture, especially when a dominant group borrows from a marginalized one: Critics called the headdress cultural appropriation.
In art, appropriation means incorporating existing images or objects into new work.
Forcible taking or convulsion
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
usurpation · commandeering · impounding · dispossession · forfeiture · claiming · obtaining · procurement
- WarholPop art icon
- readymadePrepared in advance
- recontextualizationShifting meaning through setting
- pasticheImitative artistic tribute
collage · remix · bricolage · quotation · homage · parody · sampling · transformation
Unlawful taking of property
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- misuseImproper application
exploitation · infringement · copying · unauthorized · copyright · trademark · looting · plundering
False or misleading statement
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- exoticismAllure of the unfamiliar
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- headdressOrnamental head covering
blackface · borrowing · commodification · insensitivity · erasure · disrespect · sacred · indigenous
Plan for spending
- allocationDistribution of shares
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- expenditureMoney paid out
funding · disbursement · fiscal · congressional · subsidy · grant · treasury · revenue
seizure
Forcible taking or convulsion
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
annexation · usurpation · commandeering · impounding · dispossession · forfeiture · claiming · obtaining · procurement · arrogation
Duchamp
- WarholPop art icon
- readymadePrepared in advance
- recontextualizationShifting meaning through setting
pastiche · collage · remix · bricolage · quotation · homage · parody · sampling · transformation · postmodernism
stealing
Unlawful taking of property
- plagiarismUnattributed use of others' work
- piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
misuse · exploitation · infringement · copying · unauthorized · copyright · trademark · looting · plundering · pillaging
misrepresentation
False or misleading statement
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- exoticismAllure of the unfamiliar
- exploitationSelfish use of others
headdress · blackface · borrowing · commodification · insensitivity · erasure · disrespect · sacred · indigenous · marginalized
budget
Plan for spending
- allocationDistribution of shares
- earmarkingAllocating for specific purpose
- spendingOutlaying of funds
expenditure · funding · disbursement · fiscal · congressional · subsidy · grant · treasury · revenue · deficit
loan
Borrowed money repaid later
mortgage · collateral · repayment · interest · principal · borrower · lender · refinance · amortization · lease
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
- budgetsbudget, budgets, annual budget, capital budget, cash budget
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, grants, venture capital
- government actionslaws, policies, presidential decree, resolution, mandates
appropriationgiving
Transferring to another
bestowal · donation · relinquishment · surrender · contribution
appropriationrejection
Denial of acceptance
refusal · denial · withholding · curtailment · reduction
appropriationcultural exchange
Sharing practices between peoples
acknowledgment · attribution · honoring · preservation · cultural sensitivity
- cultural appropriationMisusing another group's traditions
- appropriations billLegislation authorizing government expenditures
- culturally appropriatingAdopting elements from marginalized groups
- appropriations committeeLegislative panel allocating funds
appropriating, misappropriation, appropriations, misappropriating, reappropriation