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appropriation
Synonyms and Antonyms of appropriation
1
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
2
the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority
annexation, assumption, attachment, confiscation, grab, impoundment, repossession, sequestration
defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, theft
despoilment, looting, pillaging
encroachment, infringement, piracy
invasion, occupancy, occupation, preoccupancy, trespass
deforcement, disfurnishment, dispossession, ejection, stripping
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