appropriationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˌprəʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌproʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/appropriation noun [ C or U ] (TAKING)
the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission:
The author objected to the appropriation of his story by an amateur filmmaker.
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rip sth off
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- sting
- whip
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
appropriation noun [ C or U ] (SUM OF MONEY)
formal an amount of money to be used for a particular purpose:
The committee approved an appropriation of £10,000.
[ often plural ] The foundation was promised a seven percent increase to bring its appropriations to $2.07 billion.
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Amounts of money
- ante
- balance
- bank
- blood money
- bounty
- buck
- budget
- capital
- circumstance
- daily bread
- float
- have/get your snout in the trough idiom
- living wage
- money supply
- nut
- payout
- pool
- slush fund
- sub
- trough
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