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present participle of appropriate
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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
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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!
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- carjacking,
- hijacking
- (also highjacking)
- abducting,
- kidnapping
- (also kidnaping),
- shanghaiing,
- spiriting
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