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appropriating

verb , present participle of appropriate

Synonyms and Antonyms of appropriating

1 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 of appropriating

arrogating, commandeering, converting, expropriating, pirating, preempting, pressing, seizing, taking over, usurping

Words Related to appropriating

annexing, attaching, claiming, confiscating, impounding, repossessing, sequestering

assuming, collaring, grabbing, grasping, snatching, stealing, wrenching, wresting

despoiling, looting, pillaging

encroaching, infringing, invading, occupying, preoccupying, trespassing

embezzling, misapplying, misappropriating, misusing, peculating

2 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 of appropriating

boosting [slang], filching, heisting, hooking, lifting, misappropriating, nicking [British slang], nipping, pilfering, pinching, pocketing, purloining, ripping off, snitching, stealing, swiping, thieving

Words Related to appropriating

burglarizing, knocking over, robbing

looting, pillaging, plundering, sacking

carjacking, hijacking (also highjacking)

picking, rifling

poaching, rustling, shoplifting

collaring, grabbing, grasping, nailing, seizing, snatching, taking

mooching, sponging

abducting, kidnapping (also kidnaping), shanghaiing, spiriting

Phrases Synonymous with appropriating

making away with, making off with, running off with, walking off with

Near Antonyms of appropriating

buying, purchasing

bestowing, contributing, donating, giving, handing over, presenting

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