appropriation

Meanings

• money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
• incorporation by joining or uniting
• a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner;
• "the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"
• "a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"

Synonyms

• annexation

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