Meaning & use
Appropriating
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Taking something for one's own use, typically without permission or right.
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The company was accused of appropriating the designer's artwork without credit.
Local officials were appropriating public funds for private projects.
A note on using this word
In government and finance, 'appropriating' funds can also mean the legitimate act of setting money aside for a specific purpose, so context determines whether it is neutral or negative.
Words with a similar meaning
seizingcommandeering
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Words with an opposite meaning
returning
Another way to use it
2. verb
Setting aside money or resources officially for a particular use.
Congress voted on appropriating funds for the new highway project.
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