appropriation

Noun
  1. referred to in: general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature - persons who make or amend or repeal laws
    is a type of: money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
    subtypes: pork, pork barrel - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
  2. is a type of: incorporation - including by incorporating
    same as: annexation
  3. is a type of: acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something
    subtypes:
    • adoption, borrowing - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
    • pre-emption, preemption - a prior appropriation of something
    • seizure - the taking possession of something by legal process
    • requisition, sequestration - seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

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