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appropriation

English

  1. 🔊 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”
  2. 🔊 money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
  3. 🔊 incorporation by joining or uniting

Spanish

  1. 🔊 apropiacionismo appropriation
  2. 🔊 apropiación appropriation

Similar words

annexation abstraction adoption allocation allotment annexation appointment arrogation assignment assumption autoplagiarism boosting borrowed plumes borrowing colonization conquest conversion conveyance copying cribbing derivation deriving earmarking embezzlement