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adj. - Of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself.

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Usage examples (38)
  • Adjective : an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. ,Each played his appropriate part
  • Verb (used with object) : The legislature appropriated funds for the university. ,He appropriated the trust funds for himself
  • Many English translators early chose "appropriation" or "appropriative event" to render this special sense.
  • This is not just appropriative or transphobic, it directly threatens the safety and privacy of trans women:
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