APPROPRIATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner

Example:

a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("appropriation" is a kind of...):

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appropriation"):

adoption; borrowing (the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source)

pre-emption; preemption (a prior appropriation of something)

seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)

requisition; sequestration (seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized)

Meaning:

Incorporation by joining or uniting

Synonyms:

annexation; appropriation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("appropriation" is a kind of...):

incorporation (including by incorporating)

Meaning:

Money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("appropriation" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

Domain category:

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appropriation"):

pork; pork barrel (a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents)