reappropriate
Seize for reuse
To reappropriate is to take back or reclaim something—often something that was taken, redirected, or assigned a negative meaning.
The term appears in contexts of cultural reclamation, where a group adopts a slur or symbol previously used against them: The community reappropriated the term as a badge of pride.
It also describes redirecting funds or resources to a new purpose: Congress voted to reappropriate the budget surplus.
Change completely in form
- adaptModify for new conditions
- convertChange in form or faith
- reimagineEnvision in altered form
- reinventRadically change something existing
upcycle · reuse · recycle · salvage · restore · renovate · remake · recontextualize
transform
Change completely in form
reinvent · upcycle · reuse · recycle · salvage · restore · renovate · remake · recontextualize · rework
redistribute
Apportion anew among parties
- reallocateAssign to different uses
- reassignAllocate to new duties
- redirectSend in new direction
repurpose · divert · transfer · reroute · rebudget · reshuffle · redeploy · reapportion · shift · rededicate
identity
Who someone is
narrative · language · symbol · terminology · power · dignity · agency · ownership · meaning · voice
reappropriatesurrender
Cease resistance, yield
relinquish · cede · appropriate · forfeit · give up
reappropriatemisappropriate
Wrongly take another's assets
stigmatize · appropriate · exploit · co-opt · denigrate
reappropriated, reappropriates, reappropriating, reappropriation