/?ri?.?.pro?.pri?e?.??n/theactofreappropriatingsomething(= taking it back or using it in a new or different way), or something,especiallymoney, that is reappropriated:Thehistorianwasabletoidentifytheperseveranceand reappropriation ofmedievalpractices.The reappropriationsrepresentunspentmoneyfrom pastbudgets.Related wordappropriationMore examples
He willsubmitlegislationcallingfor reappropriation of allfundsexpiringnextmonth.
Thebookisoriginalintellectualreappropriation of thecontentofChristiandogma.
The Legislature had notauthorized$54billionin reappropriations frompreviousyears.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesTaking things away from someone or somewhere
appropriate
bear away
confiscate
confiscation
creamsomething/someoneoff
debug
drain
expropriate
expropriation
extractive
get off
impound
relieve
rootsomething/someoneout
routsomeoneout
seize
shelf
stripping
suck
sweep
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