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Meanings of appropriated in English

Seized.

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        Usage of appropriated in English
        1
        Young people enjoy manga in its original form, translated yet not appropriated.
        The Guardian
        2
        Writer recommends that another 50 million be appropriated for a shoeshine stand.
        The new yorker
        3
        Today, a conservative faction in the Republican Party has appropriated the name.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Catherine appropriated the country east of the Düna and the Dnieper rivers.
        A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
        5
        The seats were appropriated by a young man & a young woman.
        The new yorker
        6
        They appropriated a round table in a distant corner of the restaurant.
        Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
        7
        Tavernake appropriated the same table and once more the head waiter protested.
        The Tempting of Tavernake
        8
        The baptism in the Spirit, already bestowed at Pentecost, must be appropriated.
        The Ministry of the Spirit
        9
        I think the money had better be appropriated to relieve the poor.
        Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
        10
        Sharp appropriated the caricature, and saw Judas personified in his own character.
        Sketches of the Covenanters
        11
        The new body now appropriated these and the hands deftly adjusted them.
        The Chessmen of Mars
        12
        Lord Hartledon is already appropriated; and Val Elster is not worth appropriating.
        Elster's Folly: A Novel
        13
        Perhaps Sarah had got the money from the receiver and appropriated it.
        For the Term of His Natural Life
        14
        We've appropriated a flat on the Sadovaya-that'sMoscow's 'Grand Boulevard,' Mr. Bourne.
        The bourne ultimatum
        15
        It is this very mainstream political repertoire that newer movements have appropriated.
        The Guardian
        16
        Bitter, indeed, were the hours so appropriated; but they had their consolations.
        Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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