Synonyms of appropriating

appropriating

verb

present participle of appropriate

1

as in seizing

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

archaeologists wrongfully appropriated artifacts excavated at ancient sites for their museums

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seizing
• confiscating
• stealing
• usurping
• grabbing
• converting
• claiming
• occupying
• annexing
• commandeering
• preempting
• arrogating
• pirating
• expropriating
• assuming
• invading
• snatching
• taking over
• attaching
• pressing
• looting
• impounding
• repossessing
• misappropriating
• sequestering
• grasping
• despoiling
• encroaching
• misusing
• infringing
• pillaging
• misapplying
• trespassing
• embezzling
• wresting
• collaring
• preoccupying
• wrenching
• peculating

2

as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stealing
• misappropriating
• swiping
• grabbing
• pilfering
• lifting
• robbing
• filching
• purloining
• snatching
• pocketing
• thieving
• nicking
• pinching
• hooking
• snitching
• nipping
• boosting
• ripping off
• hijacking
• taking
• making off with
• running off with
• seizing
• making away with
• picking
• plundering
• heisting
• walking off with
• looting
• pillaging
• sacking
• burglarizing
• knocking over
• grasping
• rustling
• poaching
• nailing
• rifling
• highjacking
• shoplifting
• abducting
• spiriting
• collaring
• sponging
• mooching
• kidnapping
• carjacking
• kidnaping
• shanghaiing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• presenting
• contributing
• bestowing
• donating
• handing over

• buying
• purchasing
• giving
• presenting
• contributing
• bestowing
• donating
• handing over

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