reappropriation
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ˌriː.ə.prəʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.ə.proʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/theactofreappropriatingsomething(= taking it back or using it in a new or different way), or something,especiallymoney, that is reappropriated:
Thehistorianwasabletoidentifytheperseveranceand reappropriation ofmedievalpractices.
The reappropriationsrepresentunspentmoneyfrom pastbudgets.
- He willsubmitlegislationcallingfor reappropriation of allfundsexpiringnextmonth.
- Thebookisoriginalintellectualreappropriation of thecontentofChristiandogma.
- The Legislature had notauthorized$54billionin reappropriations frompreviousyears.
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- suck
- sweep