The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.
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Appropriation
/əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "appropriation" (116 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
conquestconversionconveyancecopyingcribbingderivationderivingdonationearmarkingembezzlementencroachmentenslavementfilchingfraudgraftimitationindentinfringementinfringement of copyrightinvasion
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Noun(11 words)
cultural borrowingcultural transferearmarkingembezzlementexpropriationfederal budgetfundinggovernment program fundinghighjackhijackingslegal provision
Verb(1 words)
Related words (58)
literary piracymockingoccupationpasticciopastichepilferagepilferingpinchingpiracypiratingplagiarismplagiarizingplagiaryplaying godpoachingpreemptionpreoccupationprepossessionrequisitionscrounging
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Adjective(2 words)
local agency fundingmunicipal budgets
Noun(12 words)
misappropriationnational-government budgetpilferagerequisitionsseizureseizuresstate budgetarystate budgetsstate funding statusstate government fundingtakingstheft
Verb(1 words)
take over
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10 entriesartistic appropriationcapital appropriationearmarkingembezzlementeminent domainland appropriationlinguistic appropriationpilferagepublic expropriationtheft
Collocations
6 entriesappropriation billappropriation committeeappropriation of fundsbudgetary appropriationcultural appropriationearmarking
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4 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
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Source: tatoeba (328012)
The ownership of women begins in the lower barbarian stages of culture, apparently with the seizure of female captives. The original reason for the seizure and appropriation of women seems to have been their usefulness as trophies.
Source: tatoeba (425482)
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
Source: tatoeba (678627)
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