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Appropriated

Verb / ʌˈprəʊpri:ˌeɪtɪd / Another word for appropriated — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

To take something for one's own use, typically without permission; to assign for a particular purpose.

Synonyms & similar words

reserve allow appropriate earmark setaside conquer capture seize allocate assign commandeer requisition seize usurp claim confiscate expropriate grab occupy preempt resurrect take annex arrogate command dominate

Example sentences

  1. The government appropriated funds for the new bridge.
  2. The company appropriated a portion of its profits for employee bonuses.
  3. The artist appropriated images from popular culture in her artwork.
  4. The tribe appropriated the land for their own use.
  5. The robber appropriated the cash from the register.

Quotes

  • The art world has to stop thinking of high-priced art and start thinking of high-priced artists. The art market is not the same as the art world. The market is about wealth. The art world is about culture. Money appropriates what art has done.
  • The truth is that Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Marx, and Balanchine ballets don't redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The white race is the cancer of human history.
  • Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don't see a different purpose for it now.

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