Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Appropriation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
"The state legislature passed an appropriation to fund new school libraries across the district."
incorporation by joining or uniting
"The artist's style evolved through the appropriation of classical motifs into modern paintings."
a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
"the necessary funds were obtained by the government's appropriation of the company's operating unit"
"a person's appropriation of property belonging to another is dishonest"
An act or instance of appropriating.
"The museum's decision to exhibit the stolen artifacts was a controversial act of appropriation that sparked international outrage."
In plain English: Appropriation is when someone takes something that belongs to another person without permission and uses it as their own.
"The new office building was completed thanks to an appropriation from the city's budget."
The word appropriation comes from the Medieval Latin appropriātiō and entered English through Middle English as a noun form of "appropriate." It originally referred to the act of making something one's own or assigning it for a specific purpose.